Because they spoil at high temperatures, what were once assumed to be safe for eating only in the months with the letter 'r' in their English/French names?
Oyster have sharply reduced supplies, but they remain a popular treat celebrated in oyster festivals in many cities and towns. It was once assumed that oysters were only safe to eat in months with the letter 'r' in their English and French names. This myth is based in truth, in that in the Northern Hemisphere, oysters are much more likely to spoil in the warmer months of May, June, July, and August. In recent years, pathogens such as "Vibrio parahaemolyticus" have caused outbreaks in several harvesting areas of the eastern United States during the summer months, lending further credence to this
Names for the number 0 in English the number 0 is often read as the letter "o" ("oh"). For example, when dictating a telephone number the series of digits "1070" may be spoken as "one zero seven zero" or as "one oh seven oh". In certain context zero and nothing are interchangeable as is "null". Sporting terms are sometimes used as slang terms for zero as are "nada", "zilch" and "zip". "Zero" and "cipher" are both names for the number 0, but the use of "cipher" for the number is rare and only literary in English today. They are doublets, which means they have entered the language