i'd rather that than people who give you their number in 5-6 number blocks.
07897... 421863 (made up number)
no, i can't write that fast you fool! Oooh, no, I'm with Wiggy on this one.
I think of mobile numbers as 5 + 6 (actually 5 + [3+3]). So I'd say:
07897 (pause) 421 (shorter pause) 863. That's how I'd expect to be given it, too. If somebody does it in twos it completely throws me.
Germans (and, I think, French) do it that way IIRC: null sieben, acht neun, sieben vier, zwei eins, acht sechs... drei.
Acht funf null funf acht. Jawohl. Now schnell schnell send in the texts Ja?