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In the U.S., phone numbers have seven
digits,
plus an area code--for example, 818-437-2963
(the area code is 818 and
the phone
number
is
437-2963).
We say the area code as single digits: area code
eight - one
-
eight.
We
usually say the phone number
in single
digits,
too:
four - three - seven,
two - nine - six - three.
When 0 is in
a phone number, it's pronounced oh:
237-0980 is usually said as two - three -
seven,
oh -
nine - eight - oh.
In the U.S., 1 is also added if the number is long
distance (in
a different city, state, or country).
If I'm in Arizona,
for example, and I want to call
503-477-2572
in Oregon, I dial
1 first.
If I'm telling
someone that number, I'll say one, five
- oh - three,
four
- seven - seven, two - five -
seven - two.
More Examples:
written:
296-2350
said:
two - nine - six, two - three
- five - oh.
written:
520-447-9821
said:
area code five - two - oh,
four - four - seven,
nine - eight - two -
one.
written:
1-800-555-1212
said:
one, eight hundred, five -
five - five,
one
- two - one -
two.
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Special Notes:
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When writing phone numbers,
separate
each
group of digits with a
hyphen ( - ):
520-447-9821.
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Occasionally, people say the
last
four
digits
of phone numbers like two normal
two-digit numbers: 447-9821 = four - four
-
seven, ninety-eight twenty-one.
This pattern is not very common,
however.
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The area
code is sometimes written inside
parentheses (
) and without a
hyphen:
(520) 447-9821. |
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Extensions are part of many office phone
numbers. To show an extension
number,
the abbreviations
Ex, Ext,
or X are often
used: 520-447-9821, Ex 213 (or Ext 213 or
X
213).
If extension numbers have
three
digits,
they're
usually said as single-digit
numbers:
X 517 = extension five - one -
seven.
If extension numbers have two digits,
they're said with single digits or like
normal
two-digit numbers: extension 15 =
extension one - five OR extension fifteen.
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