"Mrs Redboots" wrote in message
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Really, of course, we should quote London numbers
in the same way that we quote every other number
(mobiles included) - as a group of 5 followed by a group of 6.

Really, of course, we shouldn't. The first gap should be after the bit that
you don't have to dial if it matches your own phone number, i.e. 020.

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes

In message , John Rowland
writes

Really, of course, we shouldn't. The first gap should be after the bit
that you don't have to dial if it matches your own phone number, i.e.
020.
All very interesting, but just goes to show the snobbery of the people
who try to point out their living in the London area, as I've never read
anything authoritative on telephone number groupings.
--
Clive.

Clive Coleman wrote:
In message , John Rowland
writes

Really, of course, we shouldn't. The first gap should be after the
bit that you don't have to dial if it matches your own phone
number, i.e. 020.
All very interesting, but just goes to show the snobbery of the
people who try to point out their [= they're] living in the London
area, as I've never read anything authoritative on telephone number
groupings.

How on earth can you deduce any snobbery from that eminently practical
suggestion? In fact the snobbery lies with people who have to emphasise
that they live in the "0207" part of London.

I'm coming to the conclusion that "just goes to show" often means
"matches my prejudices".

--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

In message , Richard J.
writes
number, i.e. 020.
All very interesting, but just goes to show the snobbery of the
people who try to point out their [= they're] living in the London
area, as I've never read anything authoritative on telephone number
groupings.

How on earth can you deduce any snobbery from that eminently practical
suggestion? In fact the snobbery lies with people who have to
emphasise that they live in the "0207" part of London.

I'm coming to the conclusion that "just goes to show" often means
"matches my prejudices".
To be honest, I was just thinking of the old "Beattie" ad, where when
the numbers were first introduced, a friend rings Beattie on her "our of
town number" so she rings back to make sure her friends inner-city
number is working.
--
Clive.

In article ,
(Clive Coleman) wrote:

In message , Richard J.
writes
number, i.e. 020.
All very interesting, but just goes to show the snobbery of the
people who try to point out their [= they're] living in the London
area, as I've never read anything authoritative on telephone number
groupings.

How on earth can you deduce any snobbery from that eminently practical
suggestion? In fact the snobbery lies with people who have to
emphasise that they live in the "0207" part of London.

I'm coming to the conclusion that "just goes to show" often means
"matches my prejudices".
To be honest, I was just thinking of the old "Beattie" ad, where when
the numbers were first introduced, a friend rings Beattie on her "our
of town number" so she rings back to make sure her friends inner-city
number is working.

These people seem not to realise that 020 7xxx and 020 8xxx numbers ceased
to be confined to inner and outer London respectively some years ago.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

"Clive Coleman" wrote in message

All very interesting, but just goes to show the snobbery of the people
who try to point out their living in the London area, as I've never
read anything authoritative on telephone number groupings.

You mean like
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/licensing_nu...ide?a=87101#1b ?

Regards
Sunil