Traditionally, at least here in the States, we have two formats:
(123) 456-7890
or
123-456-7890
This weekend, someone used this format when sharing their number with me:
123/456•7890
I dig that new take.
Traditionally, at least here in the States, we have two formats:
(123) 456-7890
or
123-456-7890
This weekend, someone used this format when sharing their number with me:
123/456•7890
I dig that new take.
Wow - my wife working at a printing company and printed a lot of high dollar business cards and stationary. Think lawyers and CEO's. They printed the numbers like this.....
123.456.7890
We would nitpick and argue that was right/wrong. You stay married to this lady for 36 years.......
1234567890
No dots, slashes, or dashes. Sometimes arrows if I put something out of order.
I don't really remember the last time I wrote my number for anyone. Usually just type it into a phone
I write down a lot of phone numbers for work, so I usually jot it down as:
123) 456 - 7890
Which looks odd because when typing I normally just do 123 456 7890
All hyphens. Decimal points don't read as well and parentheses take too long to write. Plus, in these modern times, the area code is pretty much non-optional no matter where you're dialing from.
I type phone numbers into medical records frequently.
It's easier to put in a hyphen once between the area code and the exchange (the three numbers that come after the area code), than having to open and close a pair of parentheses, type three numbers, then add a hyphen, then four more numbers.
So, three numbers – three numbers – four numbers. Except when I use the parentheses!
310 - 515-1212 if I am doing it in an email I might do 310.515.1212
but I really like it spread out a little....old eyes !
ps , hate when it's 10 numbers mashed together 3105551212
In reply to Toyman! :
Those old Junior Samples bits make me think of Dean's Greasy Flips on the Coldwar Motors channel.
We remember when telephone numbers used to start with names instead of digits.
"Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia, Tidewater four ten oh nine. Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin' And the poor boy's on the line."
I'm not that old and remember when I lived in a very small town in Kansas in elementary school we would only need to dial the last four digits. In fact, I never knew our area code or even the prefix.
Pennsylvania 6-5000. Haha. I doubt anyone will get the reference.
After working for an international company...
+1 (800) 123-4567
It turns out that the country code is important in other places.
If on paper (very seldom) usually just 123-456-7890. Email signature I do (123)-456-7890. If posting on Craigslist or FBM, I do I2E-4S6-78PO to try to confuse the scammers or people that can't figure it out, so they won't waste my time.
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