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Thick Londoners - a rant



Simster

Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
54,188
Surrey
How long ago did the phones switch from 0171/0181 to 020 7 & 020 8?

It must've been 15 years ago now. So why are so many Londoners too THICK to realise that their STD code is now 020 and NOT 0207 or 0208?

Tell me I am not alone in finding it irritating to see white fans with numbers displayed as 0208 xxx xxxx instead of 020 8xxx xxxx.

I know it's a small thing, but the point is that from London you can dial from a "020 7..." to a "020 8..." number without the proceeding "020", which means the 020 is the STD code, and NOT 0207 or 0208.

This hasn't been sufficiently complex for the good people of the Southampton/Portsmouth area, or Northern Ireland, so why is it so incredibly difficult for the thick portion of Londoners to grasp?

P.S. I'm quite surprised and disappointed to see that the official Palace site has given their phone number in the correct format: 020 8768 6000
I was all set to use it to illustrate my point :(

P.P.S. However Millwall have catered for their thick mongs with: 0207 232 1222
 






The Merry Prankster

The Merry Prankster

Pactum serva
Aug 19, 2006
5,577
Shoreham Beach
Simster said:
How long ago did the phones switch from 0171/0181 to 020 7 & 020 8?

It must've been 15 years ago now. So why are so many Londoners too THICK to realise that their STD code is now 020 and NOT 0207 or 0208?

Tell me I am not alone in finding it irritating to see white fans with numbers displayed as 0208 xxx xxxx instead of 020 8xxx xxxx.

I know it's a small thing, but the point is that from London you can dial from a "020 7..." to a "020 8..." number without the proceeding "020", which means the 020 is the STD code, and NOT 0207 or 0208.

This hasn't been sufficiently complex for the good people of the Southampton/Portsmouth area, or Northern Ireland, so why is it so incredibly difficult for the thick portion of Londoners to grasp?

P.S. I'm quite surprised and disappointed to see that the official Palace site has given their phone number in the correct format: 020 8768 6000
I was all set to use it to illustrate my point :(

P.P.S. However Millwall have catered for their thick mongs with: 0207 232 1222
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Struggling to care about this one to be honest.
 


Albion Dan

Albion Dan

Banned
Jul 8, 2003
11,125
Peckham
I dont understand why it matters either way. As a Londoner I have never given it a second thought regardless of how its printed, you'd get through to the right phone regardless.
 


Simster

Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
54,188
Surrey
The Merry Prankster said:
Struggling to care about this one to be honest.
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It's a fair point to be honest. I started wondering about it's merits as a thread subject as soon as I started typing it out.

Still, if it keeps one person away from one of RotR's tiresome threads then I suppose it is job done.
 




D

Dandyman

In London village.
Jul 7, 2003
7,949
London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Simster said:
How long ago did the phones switch from 0171/0181 to 020 7 & 020 8?

It must've been 15 years ago now. So why are so many Londoners too THICK to realise that their STD code is now 020 and NOT 0207 or 0208?

Tell me I am not alone in finding it irritating to see white fans with numbers displayed as 0208 xxx xxxx instead of 020 8xxx xxxx.

I know it's a small thing, but the point is that from London you can dial from a "020 7..." to a "020 8..." number without the proceeding "020", which means the 020 is the STD code, and NOT 0207 or 0208.

This hasn't been sufficiently complex for the good people of the Southampton/Portsmouth area, or Northern Ireland, so why is it so incredibly difficult for the thick portion of Londoners to grasp?

P.S. I'm quite surprised and disappointed to see that the official Palace site has given their phone number in the correct format: 020 8768 6000
I was all set to use it to illustrate my point :(

P.P.S. However Millwall have catered for their thick mongs with: 0207 232 1222
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0207 signifies inner London while 0208 signifies the suburbs - if you back to the days of 01 for London you'll find most London numbers had 7 digits after 01 hence the reason most people give their number as 0208 xxx xxxx or 0207 xxx xxxx.
 








Simster

Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
54,188
Surrey
Albion Dan said:
I dont understand why it matters either way. As a Londoner I have never given it a second thought regardless of how its printed, you'd get through to the right phone regardless.
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It doesn't matter, except that it is wrong.

In the same way, if I refer to the decade of the 1980s as the "80's" or "1980's" that is wrong too. And the "could of" thing obviously bothers a lot of people too - a simple grammatical error which bothers people, despite the fact they are making themselves understood.
 




Simster

Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
54,188
Surrey
Dandyman said:
0207 signifies inner London while 0208 signifies the suburbs - if you back to the days of 01 for London you'll find most London numbers had 7 digits after 01 hence the reason most people give their number as 0208 xxx xxxx or 0207 xxx xxxx.
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I think this is the answer. At the time of changeover, the number changes were promoted as an STD code change, rather than London is now 020 and you now have a new number to preceed your old 7 digit London number.
 




G

gazingdown

Well-known member
Feb 26, 2011
1,055
Tricky Dicky said:
I always give my work number as 0207 - never thought of it as anything else. I am sorry to disappoint you.
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What if I said I'm in London and wanted your number so don't need the 020 bit.

So you are wrong, however, as the chap said above, it's hard to care about it "that" much but where it's printed it should be correct (like correct usage of apostrophe's, now THAT'S a thread in itself :D)
 


Bozza

Bozza

You can change this
Helpful Moderator
Jul 4, 2003
55,721
Back in Sussex
Shouldn't it really be:

02072 321222

...to bring it in line with the rest of the country - 5 digit dialling code and then 6 digit number?
 






Simster

Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
54,188
Surrey
Bozza said:
Shouldn't it really be:

02072 321222

...to bring it in line with the rest of the country - 5 digit dialling code and then 6 digit number?
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I'm not sure that is necessarily the convention nationwide anymore.

And I've just realised, new London numbers that are now released all start with 3, so London numbers are ALL 020 7..., 020 8... or 020 3...
 










Simster

Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
54,188
Surrey
8ace said:
I see it's been rated 1 star which is very generous.
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Only because you can't rate it as 0.2 of a star.

When someone starts a thread even more boring than this one, can someone let me know with a cheeky mention or tag?
 


R

ROSM

Well-known member
Dec 26, 2005
6,200
Just far enough away from LDC
Simster said:
Only because you can't rate it as 0.2 of a star.

When someone starts a thread even more boring than this one, can someone let me know with a cheeky mention or tag?
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Now you see, if you'd started a thread about how insular people from the USofA are and how when they book teleconference meetings always do it at a time that suits them and only ever include the US dial in number on the invite etc then it may have had some merit.
 


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