“Yes, I agree it is very frustrating with the land line.

Can you please what is the proper mobile telephone number presentation? It has 11 digits and I break them down in to XXXX xxx XXXX, i. e. 4, 3 and 4 digits but most people tend to use XXXXX XXX XXX (5, 3 and 3) which causes confusion on telephone conversations. Am I the odd one out?”

“Does it really matter?

most telephone numbers these days will be dialled in full, or kept on speed dial.
Anyone living in Bristol will know which numbers to type in if they leave out the STD code.”

“'When are people going to learn how to write their phone number correctly in Bristol? Over and over again, you will see the code written as 01179 followed by a number - this is wrong! The dialling code for Bristol is 0117 - followed by the actual telephone number. The dialing code for an area is not required when you are IN the area - thus, if the code has been written as 01179 and you are IN Bristol - you would not use the code - but this would leave an invalid number.
So, remember - the code for Bristol is 0117 - NOT 01179. I spent months on the National code change helpline explaining this to people 12 years ago and they are STILL getting it wrong!!!!'

The temple was rent in twain, and the dead rose from their graves, and walked among the living.”

“@swaty - the code for most mobiles is 5 digits long (as is the case for most landlines - it was Leeds, Sheffield, Leicester, Nottingham and Bristol which were the odd ones out originally) and the remaining number is 6 digits long which could be split 3 and 3 - though there's no real benefit in this.
@Martin - basically - people are writing the wrong telephone numbers down! If your address was written incorrectly, you'd probably comment about it and have it corrected. Fine - MOST people know the correct number- so why don't they bother to write it down properly? Just plain ignorance I guess!
@brandlogo - Lol!!!!”

“@Pyronaught.
I do like a person who doesn't mind a bit of ribbing!”

“@brandlogo.
No point posting here if you can't take it on the chin mate!!!!”

“Who am I to talk, I look like a pig in my photo.”

“I thought I was the only person irritated by this.It's caused by ignorance and laziness. My sister lives in a rural village where the area code is 5 digits and home number 6 digits. It took some persuading to convince her that most British cities have 4 digit area codes.
Surely people in Bristol when they 'phone a local number realise the number is 7 digits long not 6 ... or even 8 if they add the 9 before a number that doesn't start with 9?
We can't say Bristol numbers begin with 9 as some don't, it depends on who the provider is.

And, may I also say that I am really annoyed at constantly being told we live in Avon.
Avon was abolished 17 years ago. Try purchasing on line, then being told that if you don't 'click' to say your address is in Avon you can't continue! It's up to companies to buy a new list from the Post Office.”

“@jussme - here, here (or is it hear, hear?!) re the Avon thing. I have taken issue with a few companies over that one. Not uncommon to have to put a non-existant address on a web site in order to buy something! Grrr!!”

“Numbers, eh? A particularly trenchant sort of Presbyterian will tend to shun mathematics, because of the cardinalities.”

“The Chinese tried to avoid the complications of STD codes. They had to be necessarily inventive because of the huge number of telephone numbers required by their huge population. They attempted to develop a keypad with their alphabetical symbols so people could have personalised phone ids. This failed, however, because of the large number of people called Wang and Wong. It failed because dialers wang the wong number.

You saw that coming, didn't you? I've got too much time on my hands....”

“We know have numbers which start with all sorts of numbers in Bristol including 3 so to separate out the 9 as if part of STD is lazy and ignorant. But I have given up trying to change folks. They will only learn when they realise the multitude of numbers.”

“I get loads of calls for a company in Bristol as their number is 0117 3****** but people add a 9 so it becomes 0117 93***** which dials me :(”

“NIEMALS WIEDER! DAS KANN NICHTS SEIN!”

“by brandlogoWednesday, February 08 2012, 12:29PM
"'When are people going to learn how to write their phone number correctly in Bristol? Over and over again, you will see the code written as 01179 followed by a number - this is wrong! The dialling code for Bristol is 0117 - followed by the actual telephone number. The dialing code for an area is not required when you are IN the area - thus, if the code has been written as 01179 and you are IN Bristol - you would not use the code - but this would leave an invalid number.
So, remember - the code for Bristol is 0117 - NOT 01179. I spent months on the National code change helpline explaining this to people 12 years ago and they are STILL getting it wrong!!!!'

The temple was rent in twain, and the dead rose from their graves, and walked among the living."



Such a sad life this person leaves!”

“@laner

Random.”

“laner 73
Such a sad life this person leaves!"
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What do leaves have to do with this ???

There is nothing funnier than someone attempting to 'have a go' at another person and making a stupid error themselves !!!”

“The software I have to use at work forces this, you put it in and it makes it wrong... like a wonky picture frame you can't straighten... Grrr!”