Talk:Phoneword/Archives/2014

phone words / phone names
You are very correct. There was a problem with the letters on the phone keypads in the UK. A friend of mine was about to launch a reverse charge phone call service in the UK using the phone name 0800 REVERSE. When they realised a lot of the public phone key pads did not have letters on them, they had to help British Telecom update the keypads. A very costly exercise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigmeeting (talk • contribs) 08:00, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Where is the history section?
Even the Model 102 telephone or the Model 50AL Candlestick used Letters instead/besides the numbers.--78.49.224.134 (talk) 23:20, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Correct terminology is 'PHONEWORDS' in Australia?
The Australia section say "the correct terminology is 'PHONEWORDS', as [accepted by] the Government, IP Australia, and Telstra". I have my doubts about this, so I'd like to see a citation. The following reputable sources (all mentioned in the article) do not use all caps: Searching for "phoneword" and "phone word" in Hansard found only this, which did not capitalise "phoneword". Unless someone can provide a specific reliable citation to prove that the correct term is all capitalised, I shall remove the sentences "The correct terminology is 'PHONEWORDS' ... Incorrect terminology is ..." from the article. Mitch Ames (talk) 01:47, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The Australian Communications and Media Authority (government owned), Phonewords fact sheet
 * IP Australia's SNIPER bulletins January 2010, July 2010
 * Telstra's Customer terms, Inbound services section


 * In the absence of any objections, I've removed the sentences. Mitch Ames (talk) 10:10, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Related page: "Numeronym"
“Numeronym”: “Anne H. Soukhanov, editor of the new Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary, gives the original meaning of the term as "a telephone number that spells a word or a name" on a telephone dial.” — Preceding unsigned comment added by Metaed (talk • contribs) 04:36, 15 December 2012 (UTC)