Names for the number 0 in English the first recorded usage of the word "love" to mean "no score" is by Hoyle in 1742 (OED, 2nd Edition). BBC Radio 5 Live has broadcast spin-off versions of its football phone-in 6-0-6 (""six-oh-six"") focused on cricket and tennis, branded as "6-Duck-6" and "6-Love-6" respectively, in the summer months during the soccer off-season. Another name for 0 that is used in sports is "nil". This is derived from the Latin word "nihil", which means "nothing". Although common in British English, in football results and the like, it is only used infrequently in U.S. English. The British "nil" is not slang,
Zero-marking in English and indefinite has to be made. The zero article is used with meals. The zero article is used when describing calendar years. The zero article is used before titles There is variation among dialects concerning which words may be used without the definite article. Standard American English, for example, requires "the" before "hospital". In some dialects in the North of England, especially in Lancashire and Yorkshire, the pronunciation of the word "the" is commonly abbreviated. In these regions, the definite article may also be reduced to , , or a glottal stop (often spelled "t′" or "th′"). Indian English frequently