Please help me, what does it mean - "twelve-oh-five"? How to write it correctly?Thank you.

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Hi Svetlana

Write it as  12:05

Many American have adopted the use of the alphabet letter "o" (OH)   for the number,  ZERO in speaking.

In years,  Americans refer to  1905  the year, as  "Ninteen OH  Five"

Phone numbers may be referred  as  360-270-1503  which reads:

"Three---Six----OH-----Two---Seven----OH----Fifteen---OH---Three"

Of course,  in English we are supposed to say  ZERO; but try telling that to Americans.
They do what they want, and convention is a difficult reality to object to.

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"Twelve-oh-five" is how we pronounce "12:05". It's the time.

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All English speakers use this convention by the way. It's not just Americans.

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