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Default What ever happened to the WORDS used in phone numbers?

On 6/1/2015 8:19 AM, CRNG wrote:
On Mon, 01 Jun 2015 02:59:06 -0400, micky
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On Mon, 01 Jun 2015 01:45:54 -0500, wrote:

When I was young, phone numbers has a WORD at the beginning.
If you're over 60, you'll probably remember this:

For example:

Hilltop5-5555 = hi5-5555 which is 445-5555
Spring2-5555 = sp2-5555 which is 772-5555
Worth8-5555 = wo8-5555 which is 968-5555
Orchid3-5555 = or3-5555 which is 673-5555
Victory1-5555 = vi1-5555 which is 841-5555
Tiger4-5555 = ti4-5555 which is 844-5555


People in the U.S. are no longer smart enough to know the first two
letters of a given word spoken to them.

Nor do they know the difference between a letter
o and a number zero.

I have zero in one of my phone numbers. Every
time someone uses letter o when they read
it back, I correct them. Zero, not oh. Few
actually understand.


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