On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:49:26 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
<[email protected]> wrote:

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>Giovanni Drogo wrote:
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>> > > Where I grew up in the 70s, it was common for people to answer the
>phone
>> > > saying the number,
>>
>> > > and now? Most people just answer "hello?"
>>
>> I've grown up earlier, and the custom to answer with a phone number or
>> with one's name has never been popular in Italy. I usually answer with
>> "pronto" (hello) or "pronto chi parla ?" (hello, who is speaking ?).
>>
>
>
>I like how the Czechs answer the phone, e.g. "Ahoj" ("Ahoy")...

Only to Smiley's people or was it down the Pan's People?
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On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:08:06 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:

>On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:23:40 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
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> ... On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:20:41 +0100, "JohnT" <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> ... >
> ... >"B Vaughan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> ... >news:[email protected].. .
> ... >> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:42:05 +0200, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... >>
> ... >>>Except in NL, where they say SFA, both when you call and when they call.
> ... >>
> ... >> What is SFA?
> ... >
> ... >The polite version is "Sweet Fanny Adams", which probably doesn't help you
> ... >at all. However, if you are prepared to read the entire entry, this may:
> ... >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Adams
> ... >
> ... >OTOH, Martin may have meant the less polite version. But probably not, as he
> ... >is an Officer and a Gentleman.
> ...
> ... Fanny Craddock next?
>
>No, Fanny Hill.

OK you win.
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Make credence recognised that on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:02:50 +0200,
Martin <[email protected]> has scripted:

>On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:40:04 +0200, Giovanni Drogo
><[email protected]> wrote:

>>If somebody calls me, he shall know my number,
>
>Except all those who dial wrong numbers?

I actually get that I lot. Someone looking for Piero.

No, that's not my name.
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Make credence recognised that on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:23:31 +0200, B
Vaughan<[email protected]> has scripted:

>On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:40:04 +0200, Giovanni Drogo
><[email protected]> wrote:
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>>In fact I'm quite upset if somebody calls me and asks "pronto chi parla
>>?" instead of preferably announcing his (the caller's) name, or asking
>>confirmation of who I am. I generally reply "since YOU are calling, it
>>is YOU who should tell who you are !"
>
>I agree; if someone calls me and asks who I am, I ask them who they
>wanted to speak to. Usually it's a wrong number. If anyone we know is
>calling, they usually recognize my voice.

They always recognise me, with my definitely non-Italiano accent.
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