Thread: Harry Bosch Has a Phone Number
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Old 05-10-2012, 08:32 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I've noticed that in American films and TV programmes, telephone numbers always seems to start in "555" which is, I understand, a prefix which isn't used for "real" numbers?
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Originally Posted by Mike L View Post
And US social security numbers never start with 666 or with 987-65-432. That's a useful thing to know for those of use who have to create fictitious test data.

Mike
It's actually something that bugs me about American films and TV shows. I wish when they came to a number they couldn't say publicly without certain repercussions, they would simply leave off the area code entirely, or better yet just say, 'I've got the number. I'll call,' or something to that effect. Whenever an actor has to recite aloud a phone number that starts with 555, it breaks the illusion; because it's common knowledge that those digits are the way screenwriters avoid having someone reciting someone's actual number. But I well understand the reason to not write real phone numbers into movie or TV scripts.
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