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Whether 0 comes before 1 or after 9 has been the matter of some debate! But by the time typewriters started cementing the order of things, 0 came last, and on
by jazzyjackson 3y ago
Whether 0 comes before 1 or after 9 has been the matter of some debate!
But by the time typewriters started cementing the order of things, 0 came last, and on all the rotary phones I see on google images, 0 would take the longest to dial.
Do rotary phones in Australia flow backwards? xP
see also: https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/76446/why-is-the-0-next-to-9-not-next-to-1 https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/76446/why-is-the-0-ne...
- blitzar 3y ago> Do rotary phones in Australia flow backwards? xP They rotate the same direction as water circles when you flush a toilet.
- eythian 3y agoThey do in NZ: 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... This wasn't a problem until direct international dialing became a thing, and then all of a sudden pulse converters had to be installed. The emergency number there is 111.
- iso1631 3y agoWith pulse dialing "1" is one click, "3" is 3 clicks, "9" is 9 clicks You can't have zero clicks, so "0" would have to be 10 clicks