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dharmacurious@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I know the number is exaggerated for comedic effect, but it blows my silly little 'murican mind that phone numbers in the UK have variable length. All of our numbers are the same length. Country code (1), area code (757) prefix (368) and then the line number (0441). I’m sure something else might exist for super niche things or something, and we’ve got the 3 digit important numbers, like 911 (emergency/cops) or 988 (suicide prevention hotline), but personal numbers are always 7 digits plus the area code. It’s just weird to my brain that the length can be variable within a country.

Also, try giving that example number a call…

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