How do you like to read a phone number?

Helge Hafting helge.hafting at hist.no
Mon Jan 5 17:10:24 CET 2009


Michele Renda wrote:
> Hello to all
> 
> I would like to know how do you like to read the phone number:
> 
> I try to explain: when we read a phone number we usually like to separe 
> it with some spaces or signs:
> for example in Italy when someone give me a mobile phone number I 
> usually write:
> 
> +39 347 123456
> 
> Or if it is a fixed number:
> 
> +39 02 123456 or +39 011 123456
> 
> But I know in USA is more common something like: +1-212-123456
> 
> Please, who has some time, can you please write your country (Italy, 
> France, etc.) and the way how usually is normal to read a phone number 
> in your country (with international prefix)
> 
> The format I use to descrive is this: +39 ### * or +1-###-* (where # 
> replace a char, and * replace all remaining chars)
> 
> Thank you a lot for your time
> Michele Renda
> 
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For Norway:
+47 xxx xx xxx    (mobile numbers)
+47 xx xx xx xx   (fixed numbers)

The mobile numbers all start with either 4 or 9 after the +47 part.
For details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Norway

If you have sufficiently advanced typography, then the space
separating the groups should be a thin space rather than a
normal interword space. Unicode and a proportional font should
suffice for this.

Helge Hafting





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