Up until not so long ago, that would be your average Brit phone number.
OK, you had an area code stuck on the front, but your actual phone could easily have had no more than four digits.
My old number, right up until about 1990. was 7979.
The old area code at that time was 779, so sometimes when I answered the phone I would sing my number as per the William Tell Overture.
"Seven seven nine seven nine seven nine,
Seven seven nine seven nine seven nine......
Repeat
Repeat with crescendo at end.
For those who do not know the WT Overture, here it is.....
For those who do, and remember black and white telly, you have my full permission to shout "HI HO SILVER, AND AWAAAAY" at the appropriate moment.
0 Replies
PUNKEY
2
Reply
Tue 10 May, 2016 06:08 am
867-5309
Now I'm going to have an ear-wig all day.
0 Replies
Tes yeux noirs
1
Reply
Tue 10 May, 2016 01:58 pm
Quote:
Woman: Four six hour oh. Can I help you?
I presume that 'hour' is meant to be 'four'. I am told by visiting Americans that they find it quaint or annoying when Brits say 'Oh' for 'zero' when giving phone numbers. Don't they do that in the USA? The practice of saying the number when answering the phone seems to be dying out. On a business line people might say the company or organisation name. At home I just say "Hello" and wait for the caller to say something. When I was a kid my grandmother used to say "Castle Donington three four six" when we called her. My dad, now I recall, used to say "Tulse Hill one oh six oh".
This reminds me of the Flying Leathernecks, when John Wayne was attacked by a squadron of Mitsubishi ohs.
0 Replies
Lordyaswas
1
Reply
Tue 10 May, 2016 11:20 pm
Five Seven Oh Five.....
0 Replies
rogergx
1
Reply
Wed 11 May, 2016 07:26 pm
Thanks a lot for your help. Yes, it is four six four oh. So I know now oh is zero and the telephone number could be as short as 4 digits. Thanks again for your kind help.