Phone number formats

[Mike Hoxbig]

I hate it when people group the digits in their phone numbers, apparently to make it easier to remember, like 08 3332 77 44. Just give it to me in the proper damn format like 083 332 7744. Am I weird for finding that annoying? :wtf:

PS: I don't know whose number that is :erm:

 

[MickeyD]

Why impose a fixed line format on a mobile service?

 

[htpc]

The 3.3.4 format makes much more sense, easier to remember.

 

[Ice2Cool]

I hate it when people group the digits in their phone numbers, apparently to make it easier to remember, like 08 3332 77 44. Just give it to me in the proper damn format like 083 332 7744. Am I weird for finding that annoying? :wtf:

PS: I don't know whose number that is :erm:

Lol. I used to use the form 083 3327 744. And people on the other end would freak out and get lost. So i changed to the other form 083 332 7744 and amazingly they get it the first time round! People are weird.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Why impose a fixed line format on a mobile service?

Cos I grew up in a pre-mobile phone era so I'm used to that notation

 

[MickeyD]

Lol. I used to use the form 083 3327 744. And people on the other end would freak out and get lost. So i changed to the other form 083 332 7744 and amazingly they get it the first time round! People are weird.

Short attention spans?

 

[MickeyD]

Cos I grew up in a pre-mobile phone era so I'm used to that notation

But then telephone numbers were shorter and you did not have to dial the area code if you were making a local call

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

But then telephone numbers were shorter and you did not have to dial the area code if you were making a local call

It's just easier mkay!

First 3 digits - network
Next 7 digits - as it would have been if it was a fixed line

 

[Azbubu]

082 22 44 333 or 082 224 4333?

 

[MickeyD]

082 22 44 333 or 082 224 4333?

08 222 44 333

 

[LazyLion]

I hate it when people group the digits in their phone numbers, apparently to make it easier to remember, like 08 3332 77 44. Just give it to me in the proper damn format like 083 332 7744. Am I weird for finding that annoying? :wtf:

PS: I don't know whose number that is :erm:

I totally agree with you! Those people should be rounded up and put in camps.

 

[Pho3nix]

Whose numbers are we putting up on the interwebz :erm::wtf:

 

[MickeyD]

I totally agree with you! Those people should be rounded up and put in camps.

[video=youtube;wrPEBaQiAIM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrPEBaQiAIM[/video]

 

[RustyPrincess]

Whose numbers are we putting up on the interwebz :erm::wtf:

phone and see

 

[ABCpt]

Will you guys stop phoning me
To OP, it also bothers me if the numbers are not grouped 'correctly'

 

[GreyBush]

I use 3-4-3... because the 4 numbers are the same.

 

[ponder]

Am I weird for finding that annoying? :wtf:

I'm the same. I always do xxx yyy zzzz

 

[biometrics]

+27 83 3327744

 

[mercurial]

[video=youtube;iZfu-MtDsX0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZfu-MtDsX0[/video]

 

[ponder]

+27 83 3327744

You should be dragged outside and shot in both knees