# What does your phone number spell? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 21, 2000, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609 "2000-12-21T00:10:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/1 "2000-12-21T00:10:54Z")
We’ve all done this, but here’s a site for it. **[http://www.phonespell.org/ What does your phone number spell?](http://www.phonespell.org/)** They added a cute touch, showing 8-digit answers that work for 7-digit phone numbers. My dad’s number came out **Abe’s 2-4-1** which sounds like a discount store. My son, **I-so-warm** Not a bad one. (Some are _ugly_) (Mine didn’t work at all. Too many 0’s and 1’s. And, no, you can’t say zero-0 can be sounded as letter-o, since that the digit 6 on the phone.) ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/2 "2000-12-21T00:18:10Z")
Well, I am _odd-as-09_. My sister, I found out, however, is _blabby1_. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/3 "2000-12-21T00:21:37Z")
You people do realize you’re posting your home phone numbers on a public message board right? Just so you can’t say you didn’t think of that when you start getting 3 am collect calls from some of our resident trolls. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/4 "2000-12-21T00:25:08Z")
dumb-709 dun-as-09 fum-as-09 fun-as-09 dun-a-709 fum-a-709 fun-a-709 I like dumb-709. My cell number isn’t anything. I wish I was blabby1, I call my cat Blabby. Little Nemo, I didn’t put my area code in, so that would be a guess. ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/5 "2000-12-21T00:32:31Z")
Ah shucks Little Nemo: don’t give those idiots any ideas… ---
**Author:** ![porklet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@porklet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porklet)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/6 "2000-12-21T00:48:02Z")
A friend of mine used to have GODSASS. Yep. His phone number was God’s Ass. Heh. We have a good one too. The last four numbers spell out the 4 letters of my (and soon, my fiancee’s) last name. ---
**Author:** ![Corixidae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Corixidae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corixidae)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/7 "2000-12-21T00:55:04Z")
Mine spells out nothing: > [@](#): > > **There are no words in \** > > Believe it or not, we did not find any interesting mnemonics for \. Everything is working fine, this is not a bug. Some numbers just have such odd combinations of letters and/or too many zeroes and ones that they simply do not have good mnemonics. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/8 "2000-12-21T01:30:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \* > \*\*You people do realize you’re posting your home phone numbers on a public message board right? Just so you can’t say you didn’t think of that when you start getting 3 am collect calls from some of our resident trolls. > \*\* Maybe. But I’ve been posting for years on public boards under my real name (which can be found in any decent phone book) and have never had a problem yet. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/9 "2000-12-21T01:30:55Z")
755-pony. 755-snow. Well, those are kinda dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/10 "2000-12-21T01:50:13Z")
One of my old phone numbers was 426-4663, which simultaneously spells out I-AM-HOME and I-AM-GONE. The double meaning greatly amused me. ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/11 "2000-12-21T01:54:20Z")
sexfek (there’s a 1, so that’s why it’s only 6 #'s) I think it means sex freak, but my phone can’t spell that good. ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/12 "2000-12-21T02:08:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Snooooopy \* > \*\*One of my old phone numbers was 426-4663, which simultaneously spells out I-AM-HOME and I-AM-GONE. The double meaning greatly amused me. \*\* Sounds like the Cosmos wants you to sound myterious! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/13 "2000-12-21T05:57:31Z")
I like mine! a-lover-hey-8 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/14 "2000-12-21T06:29:02Z")
9-rages-0-wry ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/15 "2000-12-21T06:30:15Z")
I just did my wife’s work number, and they got no interesting mnemonics for it! It doesn’t even have a lot of 0s or 1s (2 zeros, 1 one). ---
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/16 "2000-12-21T06:32:06Z")
My brother once had “I Hate OJ”. This was during the trial, and that’s how he answered the phone. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/17 "2000-12-21T07:45:50Z")
My cellphone number spells out “I 19 I sexy.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FloChi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@FloChi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloChi)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/18 "2000-12-21T10:51:55Z")
I managed to get: me OK feds and 6-dole desk (by adding an extra number) which cracks me up. Yes I collect the dole now, so what? ---
**Author:** ![slackergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@slackergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slackergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/19 "2000-12-21T17:07:00Z")
There are no words for my current home phone number. I just dumped my cell phone a couple of months ago (thank god almighty, free at last). That number was OWE YOU 1. Pretty cool, except that people still got it wrong because they would dial O YOU ONE, or OWE U ONE. I had one that was a bad omen for my first job in a beauty salon when I was a practicing electrologist. The phone number was “UGLY O O O.” ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609/20 "2000-12-21T17:17:30Z")
One of my sister’s friends had 242-UGLY. I once had 360-TONY. Of course, I special ordered that. :rolleyes: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-phone-number-spell/46609.md?page=2)