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[JustJazzmom]

One article discussing the history of zero.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/history-of-zero/

[SaRina]

Same thing with TMJ. Most people say, "I have TMJ."  Everyone has a tempero-mandibular joint (two of them). People who have problems with their TMJ have TMJ Syndrome or TMJ Disorder.

[Stormygirl]

Reminds me of my friend who was not familiar with computer lingo and thought LOL meant "Lots of Love" Imagine her horror as I told her it meant "Laugh Out Loud" I said what is the problem? She said "OOPS I had just sent someone a sympathy card and told her I was sorry about the death of her Mother and put LOL next to it" LOOOOOOOOOOOL OMG my off beat sense of humor I spit my coffee out laughing at her.

[Irshgrl31201]

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@nana59 wrote:

I think proper language is going in the same direction as proper spelling within a text.....i have told my grandkids i won't respond to their texts if they don't spell words correctly......they think i'm old....i am, but it's annoying to try to understand their abbreviations....nevermind the fact that they can't read or write cursive......just shaking my head......

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The reason people do abbreviations in texts are because you are only allowed a certain amount of characters in a text. 

It sounds like you won't have to worry about them texting you or calling you too much if you keep it up.

[hyacinth003]

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@QVCkitty1 wrote:

Can any game end  zero zero ? If it did would that be a score ?

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I have heard announcers refer to "a scoreless tie."

Baseball would not end 0-0.  They will play until someone scores.

I believe hockey and football COULD end with a scoreless tie.

Hyacinth

[hckynut]

I announced many hockey games along with listening and watching tens of thousands. I have not heard them use the phrase you mentioned.

"No goals scored in the 1st period". I think you are playing a semantics game here. As long as listening fans "get it", an announcer has done their job good enough to pass my scrutiny.

hckynut(john)

@hyacinth003

[chrystaltree]

Huh ?   Zero is nothing.  So, if a 0-0 is no score.  Because  a score represents something, depending on the sport.   

[violann]

Laughing to and at myself as I post this, but one may be "intelligent" without being linguistically precise, for a number of reasons.

I totally and absolutely agree with your original premise @nana59, but I also could not resist pointing this out!😃

[Isobel Archer]

While I guess technically 0-0 could be the "score" so far, I would say that unless there is genuine misundersanding, saying "no score" is fine.

In the example cited, clearly the game has started, so when the announcer says "no score" there is really nothing he can possibly mean other than that neither team has yet gotten any points.

I just don't see the problem.