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| examples: 83170 = beno 123604 = ready 017 1774 11164 = on my way sometimesyou will need to simplify your sentences, especially when the context isgiven. example: beno tells ken, "if you are comingto berkeley page "yes" (435), if not, page "no go" (170 90). sometimesthe easiest way to communicate is to use the widely accepted non-alphabeticalcodes:
82 = fast or hurry because 82 in koreanis pal yi, which sounds like bbal li, which means fast. uhm,it's sorta hard to explain, but the 'bb' phoneme n' the 'p' phoneme r writtendifferently but sound alike. alwaysremember to leave your code, if you have one! example: beno's codeis 10, so he will end his message with a "-10." 017 1774 11164-10= on my way, from beno 170 90-55 = not comingfrom ken 0118862 952-4374-01= call me back at 011 8862 952-4374 (a taiwanese phone number), from owen onceyou learn to use pager codes, you can use your pager as a memory deviceby paging yourself messages which you can carry with you on your pager! you can remind yourselfof addresses, things to do, prices, and even phone numbers!well, you can remind yourself of lots of things. rodrigo lagos has a really kewl websitewith a alfa to numerical converter which can help you page yourfriends! check out this site! |
[24 august, 1998]i think the pager industry is trying to destroy pager codes.the new motorola ads push for word pagers. pagenet now makes "**"= "--" instead of " ". it's all a big conspiracy!
new additions!
in uc berkeley's anthropolgy160, professor alan dundes tells his students that pager codes and pageralphabets are a form of folklore; meaning they are oral tradition.one friend tells another to do it this way and that way. sopager codes and alphabets have multiple existence in different subculturesand variations between each existence. and every differentgroup has an explanation and justification for their method and tradition.in my chart, i display the alphabet i use and ones my friends usewhen they page me. i learned most of my pager folklore fromkenneth lee and owen chang, and tobias jaw tried to influence me with hisline of reasoning. in the end, i chose what i felt made sense.we don't all talk with the same jargon, accent, or tone; not everyone usesthe same pager alphabet and codes. tell me what you use!From: DYYHard@webtv.net(Devon dyyhard)
Date: Sat, 18Oct 1997 02:56:06 -0700
To: beno@uclink.berkeley.edu
Subject: pagercode
4 = F
thanks, devon!if anyone has other additions e-mail
beno@ocf.berkeley.eduimmediately!
From: LuCkYGiNa@aol.com
Date: Sat, 1Nov 1997 13:27:39 -0500 (EST)
To: beno@uclink.berkeley.edu
Subject: pagercode ?
X-Status:
i recently gotpaged with the code 711..what does this mean?
hey,
"711" means let'sgo to the sev-o! get us some slurpees! nah, i don't know... i might beright though.
well, i'm gonna askaround what "711" means... but maybe your friend meant to dial 411 andhit the wrong 4... as in the 7... i dunno...
alright, thanks forchecking out my page!
beno
From: LuCkYGiNa@aol.com
Date: Mon, 3Nov 1997 15:29:19 -0500 (EST)
To: beno@uclink.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re:pager code ?
X-Status: A
thanx for responding.please ask around cause i dont think he meant for it to be 411 cause hedid it 3 times...i dunno
gina
Date: Thu, 6Nov 1997 14:34:48 -0800 (PST)
From: "benoyay! burdy! yay! :)beno (bernard lloyd hwang)"
& <beno@uclink.berkeley.edu>
To: LuCkYGiNa@aol.com
Subject: Re:pager code ?
X-Status:
hi gina,
a friend brandonyoe (yoe@uclink.berkeley.edu)just told me that "711" is a lesser versionof "911," meaning your friend has something important but not an emergency.brandon _claims_ to have invented this... he said he used to use "311"but 311 is an actual phone number in the 408 (san jose area) nowadays.
i also have afriend who uses "411" for the same purpose.
kewl,
beno
From: LuCkYGiNa thanx a bunch! From: LiLWsTSydR how did you learnall that pager coding stuff you go to Berkely?thats cool, i wanna go there what year areyou in well, e-mailme back Date: Wed, 27Sep 2000 04:36:52 GMT hi i think these below could be another number to. <3~ChristianA~<3 From: UNCHeelz20@aol.com 637 and 727 mean "always and forever" in frisco
Date: Thu, 6Nov 1997 19:53:19 EST
To: beno@uclink.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re:pager code ?
Organization:AOL (http://www.aol.com)
Gina
Date: Thu, 6Nov 1997 17:10:38 EST
To: beno@uclink.berkeley.edu
Subject: whois this
Organization:AOL (http://www.aol.com)
X-Status:
From: Tifany ........ <qt_4_yall@hotmail.com>
To: beno@OCF.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: heres more
b= 13 or 10
d= 01
f= 7
h= 11 but i do prefer 4 like u but just trin 2 make somthin else.
k= 21
m= 111
n= 2
p= 10
q= 01
t= 7 but i think 7 is way better
v= 7
x= 72 or 77
y= 71
z= i think could probebly be a 7 or 71?
bye
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 19:27:09 EST
Subject: pager code
To: beno@OCF.Berkeley.EDU
