How do i dial a phone number that has letters in it?

Question

I don't know what numbers to press on a regular house phone. I know that the numbers have letters of the alphabet on them. Is it anything like texting? PLEASE help!

Answer 1

No, its not really like texting because you don't need to hit a number repeatedly to put in the corresponding letter you want, just one time.

Wherever there is a letter, just punch in the number it appears on (one time).

So for example, 1-800-NUMBERS would be 1-800-686-2377.

Answer 2

NO not like texting.

2-ABC

3 DEF

4 GHI

5 jkl

6 mno

7 prs

8 tuv

9 wxy

so "1800-the boys" is

1 800-843-2697

Answer 3

The offical name for this is phoneword (similar to phone number)

you can check wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonewords

many phone have the letters as well as digits on the keys.

1 has no letters

2 is ABC

3 is DEF

4 is GH

5 is JKL

6 is MNO

7 is PRS (note: no Q)

8 is TUV

9 is WXY (note no Z)

0 has no letter (reserved for operator)

so just replace the letter by the corresponding number.

Note that A Bd C ll map to A so it's easy to get two companies with different names having the same number, hence the 800, 866 etc so that they can all be happy.

for a discussion on the Q and Z look here: http://www.phonetic.com/trivia.html

Answer 4

Let us say that you want to call 1-800-pleaseme

The number would be..  1-800-75327363

Now..even though there are extra digits...the phone will only call 1-800-753-2736

Look at the phone.  If the letter is F than the number is 3.  You do not have to push the 3 more than one time.

Answer 5

It's just like t9 texting.

Predictive texting.

Answer 6

just dial the# with the corresponding letter one time, the phone will know.