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What about numbers, and the London area code?

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mm22bys · 09/11/2007 15:20

It really annoys me when I see a London phone number written as 0207 123 1234 or 0208 123 1234.

As pedants, you would already know this, and I may be preaching to the converted, but isn't the London area code 020, so the number would be 020 7(or 8)123 1234.

When I see a number written "wrongly", I want to change it!

Does this get anybody else's goat up?

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OliviaMumsnet · 09/11/2007 15:58

Oh yes. I get number pedantry too. It also irritates me when people say mobile numbers "wrong".

They should be written as five digits and then six digits.
Certainly the code should be said as one burst and then however you say the next six numbers is up to you depending on how you remember your number.
e.g 07847 888870
either double eight double eight seven oh
or triple eight, eight seven oh

(This isn't my no by the way, have got it off t'interweb)

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