xkcd #3232: Countdown Standard
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Anyone who is caught counting ‘three … two … one … zero … GO!’ will be punished with a lifetime of eating only ISO standard food samples.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3232/
Except a majority of people do use language the way I do, you simply have been misunderstanding a lot of people your whole life. Language experts love to change language with the times. If you were in the majority, they would.