Non-negative integers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...
Positive integers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...
Similarly, for some countries "Whole Numbers" is equivalent to all the integers, while in other countries it's the set { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ... } while in still other countries it's { 1, 2, 3, 4, ... }
There is no approach that uses "natural language" and is universal, and being aware of this is both frustrating and useful. Whether it is important is up to the individual.