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Old April 3rd 12, 12:39 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.americas
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Default Cell phones, British dials
On Apr 1, 1:08*am, wrote:
Did the letters* on British telephone dials always correspond to
those of US dials?
No, see below. As far as I recall the US, Canada, & the Philippines
were the only ones who used the US system, but ICBW.


I heard some countries may have had the Q and O in different
positions.

we had O & Q on the zero. Nice photo at http://www.1900s.org.uk/1940s50s-domestic-phones.htm
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