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Telephone 555
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Does anyone know why the americans always use the numbers 555 in films or TV programs? - been to america afew times and i've never notice any numbers like this anywhere.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Thanks - I gathered that it would be something to do with the fact that that number would be unobtainable, but as I have heard it many times in various formats - i.e. at the start, middle or end of a phone number, I though that it must be some form of american tradition to include it. I watched a film the other day called 'The Pilot's Wife', which is American, but reffered to a number in the UK as begining with 555 also.
555 also used to be the local exchange in the Stratford area (East London).
Back in the days before 0207 and 0208, when London numbers were just 01-555-ABCD - there were a few instances where an American 555 number from a film or TV programme (and once a Gary Larson 'Far Side' cartoon) have given my or my friends' telephone number !
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