Mizter T wrote in
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On Jul 19, 11:58*am, Arthur Figgis
wrote:

Mizter T wrote:
The London telephone dialling code 020 covers a larger area than
the London postal district, including many places outside of
Greater London. Meanwhile other places on the edges of Greater
London have dialling codes other than 020 London.

But try convincing many Londoners that the area code is 020, not 020x
:-)

I notice it, but it's not really something that bothers me. Some
people seem like they're going to implode with fury when they see or
hear the code being incorrectly used - so perhaps the whole serves a
useful purpose in identifying those who can't keep things in
proportion!

It becomes a problem when I (correctly) give out my work number in two
parts, pausing after the 7xxx part, and the muppet customer "repeats"
back "07xxx"...