kersploosh@sh.itjust.works to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoA priest, a pastor, and a rabbit entered a clinic to donate bloodmessage-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down19file-text
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minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agoDo people say type (number) one/zero? I’ve always heard it as Type (Letter) O. Cos you’ve got stuff like type A and B.
minus-squareelmicha@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·7 months agoWikipedia says: Type O is often called 0 (zero, or null) in other languages. It’s either A, B, AB or none of it, so zero/null.
minus-squarejohker216@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·7 months agoThe Wikipedia quote is misleading - some European countries used zero/null but it was agreed that the prevailing usage should be the letter O. Wiki source 12 Apparently, it was originally C and changed later, too.
minus-squarebus_factor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoNorway does a weird mix Norwegian health authorities write the letter O but add “null” in parenthesis Denmark uses zero Danish blood donation website writes zero Danish university hospital also writes zero Haven’t bothered looking up the rest of Europe, but the links to other languages on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABO_blood_group_system are a mix of both O and 0.
Do people say type (number) one/zero? I’ve always heard it as Type (Letter) O.
Cos you’ve got stuff like type A and B.
Wikipedia says:
It’s either A, B, AB or none of it, so zero/null.
The Wikipedia quote is misleading - some European countries used zero/null but it was agreed that the prevailing usage should be the letter O.
Wiki source 12
Apparently, it was originally C and changed later, too.
Norway does a weird mix
Denmark uses zero
Haven’t bothered looking up the rest of Europe, but the links to other languages on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABO_blood_group_system are a mix of both O and 0.