Dale,

Good point, I remember learning from French books that in France they say the phone in similar way. 22-33-44. Twenty-two, thirty-three and so on.

Once, I called to a hotel in Quebec and I was saying my phone number 41-65-…and the lady on the other side laughed at me. I asked her if my pronunciation
was that bad. She said, “It’s interesting the way you’re saying your phone number”. Then I replied, “That’s the way they say in France!”
She concluded, “Yes, in France they might”.

What I learnt from that? I need to know how people say the numbers in their culture beforehand and not assume that every place is the same…LOL

Sid.