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Greek letters
In English, there are multiple widely-accepted ways of pronouncing the names of Greek letters.[1]
For \(\beta\), in Britain "bee-ta" is most common, while in the USA "bay-ta" is more common. Similar for \(\zeta\).
0
The symbol 0 is spoken in many different ways in English:
- zero
- nought
- naught/nowt
- null
- nil
- oh
- cipher