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brackets (n) parenthesis (punctuation)
 
full stop (n) a period (.) (punctuation)
 
inverted commas (n) quotation marks
 
naught (n) zero
 
nil (n) zero
also naught
Oi! "Hey!"
 
ono (adj) abbreviation in classified ad for or near offer
Used the same as "obo" ("or best offer") in U.S.
sixty-sixes and ninety-nines (n) quotation marks
also called inverted commas
speech marks (n) quotation marks, also inverted commas
 
zed (n) pronunciation of the letter "z"
 
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