Amazing! I'd've sworn we Americans were the only ones with letters on our telephones. Maybe it's just that we're the only ones who still have letters on our telephones (even though we don't have exchange names like these anymore, either). We use them to dial things like 1-800-GOT-MILK.

From age 2 to 13, my phone number was LA3-6511. All of our LA's stood for LAkeview, and of course the same number now would be 523-6511. Though now you'd need to specify the area code: (206) 523-6511. Then I moved to Japan and it was all numbers (called denwa bango). Which ones, I don't remember.

Haruo
who didn't realize it was this easy to be a nerd ;-)