Working in Alabama, I have opportunity to deal with a lot of people from Birmingham. Now, Birmingham is not the capital of Alabama, but it is the biggest city in the state. However, this does not mean it is the center of the universe. But you might not know it to see the way some Birminghamians display their phone numbers…without the area code!! There seems to be an assumption on the part of many Birmingham residents that everyone else in the state should just KNOW…or just ASSUME…that if no area code is given, it MUST be Birmingham. I mean, where ELSE? Right?
Wrong.
Just one of those little things that really gets my goat.
