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Even referring to them as “T9-letters” is a massive neologism. Those letters have been on telephones going all the way back to the very first rotary phones when you were first allowed to dial a number yourself without talking to an operator. Before, you’d tell the operator you wanted “Wabash 3 - 1234” and they’d connect you to number 1234 on the Wabash 3 exchange. To dial that same number when the dial telephone came around, you would dial WA3-1234, or 923-1234.
Here’s a great film from 1940 introducing people to the idea of dialing on a telephone and explaining how to use the letters: Internet Archive Link
Oh! I assumed you were too young to have known about texting like that. I forgot that that marketing style isn’t very common outside the states. They’re called vanity phone numbers btw
If you smoke, quitting is the number one thing you can do to improve your physical and mental health. Nicotine worsens anxiety and depression long-term by disrupting dopamine signaling in your brain. In the US you can call 1-800-QUIT-NOW or visit Lung.org for free evidence-based resources to help with quitting.
I didn’t know you can use letters as phone number and call it.
What did you think the letters on the number buttons were for? Nostalgia?
For text messages.
I suppose if you’re young enough you wouldn’t have known landline phones had the letters, too. 🤔
I know, still have 2 but rarely use them.
This is the most Zoomer comment I’ve ever seen
As certainly not a zoomer I can safely say I’m glad they are gone, nothing is more annoying than those letters.
The practice of using the T9-letters to memorise a phone number is just not done much outside the USA
Even referring to them as “T9-letters” is a massive neologism. Those letters have been on telephones going all the way back to the very first rotary phones when you were first allowed to dial a number yourself without talking to an operator. Before, you’d tell the operator you wanted “Wabash 3 - 1234” and they’d connect you to number 1234 on the Wabash 3 exchange. To dial that same number when the dial telephone came around, you would dial WA3-1234, or 923-1234.
Here’s a great film from 1940 introducing people to the idea of dialing on a telephone and explaining how to use the letters: Internet Archive Link
Yep I know about it from American media but never seen this done anywhere else that I know of (and I know how to type T9).
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It corresponds to 1-800-784-8669
Nice, never heard of someone using letters on phone numbers. I did used to send text messages like this.
Oh! I assumed you were too young to have known about texting like that. I forgot that that marketing style isn’t very common outside the states. They’re called vanity phone numbers btw
This makes me feel old.