On 29 Dec 2008, at 23:27, Neil Jerram wrote:
> 2008/12/29 Stroller :

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>> Note, however, that I would most always use "0207" or "0208 xxx yyy"

>

> Need one more "y" there:

I thought that might be the case.
> "0207" or "0208 xxx yyyy".
Nevertheless, I would write or say it this way.
>> for London numbers - I personally would not use "020", or group the

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>> "7" or "8" with the next set of digits. This is probably because I

>> remember when they changed London numbers from "01" to "020" and then

>> subsequently added the "7" & "8" depending upon whether the

>> destination was in inner- or outer-London respectively.

>

> But technically, I believe that "020" is the area code - in the sense

> that when you're using a landline in an 0208 place (i.e. outer

> London), you can call "7xxxyyyy" without dialling the area code, and

> vice versa.  For this reason I personally prefer writing "020 [78]xxx

> yyyy".

I figured that may be the case. I wonder how many people do write it

this way, though?
I meant to add in my previous reply, that there are probably no hard &

fast rules about how people here in the UK do _actually_ read out

numbers.
I was on the phone to an Indian call centre a while back and was very

frustrated by the way the speaker read my number back to me - "they

can't even speak English phone numbers correctly!" I fumed, but on

reflection I realised that many native English speakers read their

numbers differently to the way I do, too. It can make it quite

difficult to recognise the same number, if it is presented differently.
Stroller.
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