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LordGrover said:
On this topic, 01179 xxxxxx really grinds my gears. The area code for Bristol is 0117.
The old numbers were prefixed with a 9 so what was 0272 609911 became 0117 960 9911.
The number is often written as 01179 609911 by the hard of thinking.
Conversely, I far prefer 01179. I work with phone numbers every day and when I call them out I always do so as 5-3-3, so, code, then break the 6 digit number into two. All mobile dialling codes are 5 digits so it fits in easier that way. 07970, 07866, 07815, etcThe old numbers were prefixed with a 9 so what was 0272 609911 became 0117 960 9911.
The number is often written as 01179 609911 by the hard of thinking.
hornetrider said:
Conversely, I far prefer 01179. I work with phone numbers every day and when I call them out I always do so as 5-3-3, so, code, then break the 6 digit number into two. All mobile dialling codes are 5 digits so it fits in easier that way. 07970, 07866, 07815, etc
As a Bristolian, 01179 sounds so wrong to me. 0117 all the way! All a bit of a moot point as
A) I grew up in South Bristol so was 01275, and
B) They seem to have run out of "9" numbers. We recently had a new phone line put in and our number is (0117) 3....
F3RNY7 said:
As a Bristolian, 01179 sounds so wrong to me. 0117 all the way!
All a bit of a moot point as
A) I grew up in South Bristol so was 01275, and
B) They seem to have run out of "9" numbers. We recently had a new phone line put in and our number is (0117) 3....
I thought that 9 and 3 suffixes to the STD were introduced simultaneously and defined by post code?All a bit of a moot point as
A) I grew up in South Bristol so was 01275, and
B) They seem to have run out of "9" numbers. We recently had a new phone line put in and our number is (0117) 3....
hornetrider said:
LordGrover said:
On this topic, 01179 xxxxxx really grinds my gears. The area code for Bristol is 0117.
The old numbers were prefixed with a 9 so what was 0272 609911 became 0117 960 9911.
The number is often written as 01179 609911 by the hard of thinking.
Conversely, I far prefer 01179. I work with phone numbers every day and when I call them out I always do so as 5-3-3, so, code, then break the 6 digit number into two. All mobile dialling codes are 5 digits so it fits in easier that way. 07970, 07866, 07815, etcThe old numbers were prefixed with a 9 so what was 0272 609911 became 0117 960 9911.
The number is often written as 01179 609911 by the hard of thinking.
I agree, it would make sense to be 01179 xxxxxx, but it's Bristol.
F3RNY7 said:
As a Bristolian, 01179 sounds so wrong to me. 0117 all the way!
All a bit of a moot point as
A) I grew up in South Bristol so was 01275, and
B) They seem to have run out of "9" numbers. We recently had a new phone line put in and our number is (0117) 3....
+1. All a bit of a moot point as
A) I grew up in South Bristol so was 01275, and
B) They seem to have run out of "9" numbers. We recently had a new phone line put in and our number is (0117) 3....
My number used to be 01275-5...
we recently changed and it's not 01275-8.....
Whenever looking at 0117 numbers at work it's always 0117-9....
when people tell me a number and go 01179 it throws me off.
Bristols area code is nice and easy to remember What's awkward though is remembering, at work, that I need to dial 9 to get an external number. Even after 2 years I still forget; Rah!
R2T2 said:
F3RNY7 said:
As a Bristolian, 01179 sounds so wrong to me. 0117 all the way!
All a bit of a moot point as
A) I grew up in South Bristol so was 01275, and
B) They seem to have run out of "9" numbers. We recently had a new phone line put in and our number is (0117) 3....
+1. All a bit of a moot point as
A) I grew up in South Bristol so was 01275, and
B) They seem to have run out of "9" numbers. We recently had a new phone line put in and our number is (0117) 3....
My number used to be 01275-5...
we recently changed and it's not 01275-8.....
Whenever looking at 0117 numbers at work it's always 0117-9....
when people tell me a number and go 01179 it throws me off.
Bristols area code is nice and easy to remember What's awkward though is remembering, at work, that I need to dial 9 to get an external number. Even after 2 years I still forget; Rah!
It is 020 7XXX XXXX, NOT 0207 XXX XXXX. If you dial XXX XXXX in greater London, it won't connect but 7XXX XXXX will.
The whole number code thing is wrong. Who was the muppet who decided on this?
What's the point of going from 021 123 4567 to 0121 123 4567? It just means as they run out of numbers everyone has to ring the whole number, including those who live within the area code number.
They should have added the extra 1 after the area code, so: 021 1123 4567.
What's the point of going from 021 123 4567 to 0121 123 4567? It just means as they run out of numbers everyone has to ring the whole number, including those who live within the area code number.
They should have added the extra 1 after the area code, so: 021 1123 4567.
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