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From: welsh@latcs1.oz.au (Killer T Cells)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Telephone letters (Was Re: HAM-E)
Summary: 2=ABC, 3=DEF, 4=GHI, 5=JKL, 6=MNO, 7=PRS, 8=TUV, 9=WXY.
Keywords: telephone letters
Message-ID: <8852@latcs1.oz.au>
Date: 29 Sep 90 13:44:02 GMT
References: <chris.7452@genly.UUCP> <2116@enea.se>
Reply-To: welsh@latcs1.oz.au (Killer T Cells)
Organization: The Victorian Orgasm
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In article <2116@enea.se> tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) writes:

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>What's the FAX # in plain numbers? I don't have letters on my phone...
>
>Tommy Petersson, calling from Sweden


It's simple:  three letters per digit on American phones, starting with two.
(Zero is for operator, one has no letters.)  Omit 'Q' and 'Z'.

It looks like this:  2=ABC, 3=DEF, 4=GHI, 5=JKL, 6=MNO, 7=PRS, 8=TUV, 9=WXY.

Does this help?

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