Area telephone codes

Thursday 4 October 2012

Area telephone codes

All the area telephone codes in Britain begin with a zero (0); for example Norwich is 01603. Most people read this as ‘O’ (pronounced ‘oh’) apart from a few pedants (like me) who insist on saying ‘zero’. Does this matter? What is this zero for? Does it mean ‘nothing’ or does it just mean nothing?

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$26 October 2012 at 08:54
If you were M would you call James Bond "Zero Zero Seven"?
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Derek Haylock19 November 2012 at 06:24
Probably!
And if I were James Bond I would probably call M 'mega'.
Derek
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Derek is an education consultant and author. He worked for over 30 years in teacher education, both initial and in-service, and was Co-Director of Primary Initial Teacher Training and responsible for the mathematics components of the primary programmes at the University of East Anglia (UEA) Norwich. He has considerable practical experience of teaching and researching in primary classrooms. His work in mathematics education has taken him to Germany, Belgium, Lesotho, Kenya, Brunei and India. He works as a consultant for both the Training and Development Agency for Schools and the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency. As well as his extensive publications in the field of education, which include a number of bestselling books, he has written seven books of Christian drama for young people and a Christmas musical (published by Church House/National Society).

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