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I grew up with a rotary phone. From memory, 1 was the shortest to dial, 9 the longest.
by stephenr 5y ago
I grew up with a rotary phone. From memory, 1 was the shortest to dial, 9 the longest.
- jtnag 5y agoI stand corrected then!
- TuringTest 5y agoPedantic tidbit of archaic lore: this was so because each digit was represented by the number of clicks that the rotating disc triggered on the line (with 10 clicks for 0).
- addingnumbers 5y agoIf the dial was locked or missing, you could still "dial" a number by quickly tapping it with the on-hook switch the receiver would rest on, because that was the same effect the rotary dial mechanism was producing
- magicalhippo 5y agoActually this is country specific AFAIK. Wikipedia has a picture[1] of a phone from New Zealand which has 9 as the shortest. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_dial#/media/File:New_Zealand_Rotary_Telephone.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_dial#/media/File:New_Ze...