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London Phone Numbers
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I'm a bit confused here, because there's a stray 0 in London phone numbers when you call from this side of the pond. And I think there's a
1 floating around when you're in the UK can never remember.
Suppose the seven-digit number is 555-2121.
In conversation do you say "07 555 2121" "7 555 2121" or something else?
Reminds me of a guy I used to know in London who was looking for an anagram of his phone number from the letters on the keypad and came up with "phucked"
"There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein." Red Smith
I'm a bit confused here, because there's a stray 0 in London phone numbers when you call from this side of the pond. And I think there's a
1 floating around when you're in the UK can never remember.
Suppose the seven-digit number is 555-2121.
In conversation do you say "07 555 2121" "7 555 2121" or something else?
Reminds me of a guy I used to know in London who was looking for an anagram of his phone number from the letters on the keypad and came up with "phucked"
"There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein." Red Smith
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[/nq] It's a tad more complicated than that and can depend on who you're giving the information to, where they'll be calling from, and what sort of phone they'll be using. There are four-digit area codes which sometimes have to be used. If I want to pick up the phone in my home in Kent and call my agent's office in central London, I dial 0207 387 2076.
- [/nq] It's a tad more complicated than that and can depend on who you're giving the information to, where they'll be calling from, and what sort of phone they'll be using.
- There are four-digit area codes which sometimes have to be used.
- If I want to pick up the phone in my home in Kent and call my agent's office in central London, I dial 0207 387 2076.
- If I was in London and using a landline phone, I would dial 387 2076.
- But if I was using a mobile I would have to include the 0207.
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[nq:1]In conversation do you say "07 555 2121" "7 555 2121" or something else?[/nq]
It's a tad more complicated than that and can depend on who you're giving the information to, where they'll be calling from, and what sort of phone they'll be using. There are four-digit area codes which sometimes have to be used.
If I want to pick up the phone in my home in Kent and call my agent's office
It's a tad more complicated than that and can depend on who you're giving the information to, where they'll be calling from, and what sort of phone they'll be using. There are four-digit area codes which sometimes have to be used.
If I want to pick up the phone in my home in Kent and call my agent's office
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****, I got part of that wrong. Here's the rewrite:
[nq:1]If I was in London and using a landline phone, I would dial 7387 2076. But if I was using a mobile I would have to include the 020.[/nq]
Sorry about that.
Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk
[nq:1]If I was in London and using a landline phone, I would dial 7387 2076. But if I was using a mobile I would have to include the 020.[/nq]
Sorry about that.
Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk
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[nq:2]In conversation do you say "07 555 2121" "7 555 2121" or something else?[/nq]
[nq:1]It's a tad more complicated than that and can depend on who you're giving the information to, where they'll be ... ; some break it up differently: oh-two-oh / seven-one-two-three / four-five-six-seven Have a look here:
[nq:1]It's a tad more complicated than that and can depend on who you're giving the information to, where they'll be ... ; some break it up differently: oh-two-oh / seven-one-two-three / four-five-six-seven Have a look here:
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[nq:1]The situation is, one central Londoner is giving another central Londoner his mobile number... But he doesn't know if she's going to call him using a landline, or using a mobile.[/nq]
Makes no difference. If you're calling a mobile, whether from a landline or another mobile, you have to dial the entire number.
But...
Mobile numbers are completely different from the 02
Makes no difference. If you're calling a mobile, whether from a landline or another mobile, you have to dial the entire number.
But...
Mobile numbers are completely different from the 02
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To clarify: there's no such thing as London mobile number (or a specifically-anywhere-else-in-the-UK mobile number). They're not geographically allocated or differentiated.
Is it different elsewhere?
Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk
Is it different elsewhere?
Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk
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[nq:1]Here, for example, is my mobile number (minus a couple of digits): 0778 098 XX. And here is another, from a different phone company: 0791 633 XX. Can't your character just hand over a card?[/nq]
No it's still the translation, and it has to be numbers spoken in dialogue.
Because... each of the characters has a different obsessive compulisve disorder, and one of them's obsessed or comp
No it's still the translation, and it has to be numbers spoken in dialogue.
Because... each of the characters has a different obsessive compulisve disorder, and one of them's obsessed or comp
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[nq:1]To clarify: there's no such thing as London mobile number (or a specifically-anywhere-else-in-the-UK mobile number). They're not geographically allocated or differentiated. Is it different elsewhere?[/nq]
In North America they sometimes do and sometimes don't have the same area code as the landline numbers.
My landline and my mobile both start with 514 the Montreal area code. But I k
In North America they sometimes do and sometimes don't have the same area code as the landline numbers.
My landline and my mobile both start with 514 the Montreal area code. But I k
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[nq:1]In North America they sometimes do and sometimes don't have the same area code as the landline numbers.[/nq]
It's complete different here (unless things have changed and I wasn't told). There's no correspondence at all between one's landline and mobile numbers.
This play sounds distinctly intriguing. Any idea where it's expected to be produced, once it's done?
Bert
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It's complete different here (unless things have changed and I wasn't told). There's no correspondence at all between one's landline and mobile numbers.
This play sounds distinctly intriguing. Any idea where it's expected to be produced, once it's done?
Bert
www.b
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[nq:1]This play sounds distinctly intriguing. Any idea where it's expected to be produced, once it's done?[/nq]
Can't tell you non-disclosure agreements.
"There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein." Red Smith
Can't tell you non-disclosure agreements.
"There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein." Red Smith
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[nq:1]Can't tell you non-disclosure agreements.[/nq]
A contractual obligation which prevents you from publicising the product seems a tad daft. Will I have to get on a plane to see it? Can you tell me that much?
Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk
A contractual obligation which prevents you from publicising the product seems a tad daft. Will I have to get on a plane to see it? Can you tell me that much?
Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk
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