From: "Blackthorn" 
Newsgroups: ed.general soc.culture.scottish uk.finance
Subject: Re: Bank Of Scotland Botched Disguised Mail
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:20:42 GMT


"Richard Tobin"  wrote in message 
news:dh9v6f$sq8$1@pc-news.cogsci.ed.ac.uk...
> In article ,
> Mike Barnes   wrote:
>>It surely can't be coincidence that they're in alphabetical order.
>
> They could have been in alphabetical order without happening to
> fit the letters on successive numbers.  I expect someone noticed
> the possibility and thought it was too good an opportunity to
> miss.

Having thought about it every STD code I used to know fits the lettering on 
a dial/keypad e.g.
0382 3 = D for dundee
0222 2 = C for cardiff,
0904 9 = Y for York and so on so I guess it's not coincidental at all.