Delaware students can now choose their own race (Yes, RACE!) under new regulations.

[JWeinCom]

RolStoppable said:

JWeinCom said:

It does indeed sound reasonable.  Anytime I asked anyone for a better method to report race, I've been ignored.

I would say my blood type is O (said like Oh) positive.

But, if there was a football game and the score was 17-0 I might say "The score was seventeen oh.  If something cost one dollar and nine cents I would say "that's one oh nine.  

But, while I might say "I have zero dollars in my bank account" I would never say "I have oh dollars in my bank account.

So, O(oh) and 0 (zero) are sometimes used interchangeably.

I am aware that "zero" gets shortened to "oh" in the English language, but your elaborate explanation didn't really answer my question. Reframed:

1. Is it blood type O?
2. Is it blood type 0?

Americans don't use the metric system, but please, at least have it be blood type 0 (option 2 above).

I usually say it, not write it, and I would say oh positive.  But, if I were typing it, I'd use the letter key and not the number one, if that answers your question.