When did we stop giving our own number

[Ayahuasca]

when answering the phone?


Or do some people still do this?

[selwonk]

My mother still does.

[Shaw Tarse]

Years ago, infact I don't usually answer the landline, until I hear who's calling.

[Cock Womble]

Whitehall 1212.

[Pork]

Giving out your wobbler number every time you answer it would have cost a fortune when they first came out! When I was a lad, you'd only need to say the last 4 numbers, where as now, as we've become a much more transient nation, you're mates no longer live in the same street/village or even town, so just saying the last few would make you sound like a loon!

Erm, so to answer your question, for me it was about 1995.

[Steamer]

I dont know my own number.

[simonrockman]

"Hello" is a word which was invented, or at least pressed into service just for answering the telephone. Many languages have something similar such as the Japanese msui-musi .

Alexander Grahame bell wanted Ahoy Yoy, which is what Mr Burns in The Simpsons says.

Simon

[sleep envy]

my inlaws still do it, they also have a 'telephone' voice

it's hilarious

[Shaw Tarse]

999!

[mickk]

sleep envy said:

my inlaws still do it, they also have a 'telephone' voice

it's hilarious

My missus has a 'telephone voice' even when i ring her

silly mare

[sleep envy]

mickk said:

My missus has a 'telephone voice' even when i ring her

[jamesson]

simonrockman said:

the Japanese msui-musi

Moshi moshi

[160steve]

jamesson said:

simonrockman said:

the Japanese msui-musi

Moshi moshi

Na your both wrong it mushy mushy, Like the pea.

[GKP]

4291

[v15ben]

My dad still does it on the landline - he doesn't know his mobile number to do the same

Family friend used to give the name of the village they lived in rather than the number which I found odd!

[Jasandjules]

Ayahuasca said:

when answering the phone?


Or do some people still do this?

Why would you tell them the number? They have just rung it so they ought to know?

[Shaw Tarse]

Jasandjules said:

Ayahuasca said:

when answering the phone?


Or do some people still do this?

Why would you tell them the number? They have just rung it so they ought to know?

Not if they'd rung the wrong number?
Why is it when you Ring the Wrong number they always answer?

[chris1roll]

GKP said:

4291

into a daschund.

[Hooty]

I normally say 'Trumpton Fire Station, hello!' or 'Darroughby 384'. Well, I don't actually.

[Bodie390]

GKP said:

4291

One Foot in the Grave