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Subject:Re: telephone number formats From:Scott Browne <sbrowne -at- UNICOMP -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 27 May 1998 12:10:58 -0600
Max Wyss wrote:
> the period as separator is _very unusual_ in Europe (definitely in
> German speaking countries; France could have used periods).
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I wouldn't say that the period is "very unusual" in Europe. When I was
living over there a few years ago, I commonly saw the period used in
telephone numbers in Belgium, France, Holland, Luxembourg, and
Switzerland.
The number groupings were different for each country. France was
##.##.##.## while Belgium was ###.##.##. I also saw spaces or dashes
used at other times.
Even in the U.S. I see differences. Some use parenthesis around the
area code as in (###) ###-#### and at other times I see just dashes as
in ###-###-####. Europe, diverse with so many different cultures,
probably doesn't have a "standard" when it comes to writing phone
numbers.
But I definitely wouldn't say the period separator is "_very unusual_".
Scott
sbrowne -at- unicomp -dot- net
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