Posted Jun 17, 2009 by Jozcoz -ACE- head of h2g2 Nintendo fan club - I still want my <meh> smiley!
Just thought i'd try and be a bit helpful by saying that, from personal experience, Greeks also answer with "yes"
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Posted Jun 18, 2009 by mrivera101
In addition, the conventions for answering a phone in the UK generally apply to any English-speaking country, like the US, Canada, or Australia.
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Posted Jun 18, 2009 by Vip
 That's good to know.
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Posted Jun 18, 2009 by Danjor
In the US, from my experience, I've never heard someone answer a phone starting with their phone number. And I've never done it, myself. "Hello?" seems predominant. That places the greater burden on the caller, I guess, to ask who he's speaking with and whether whoever he wants to speak with is there, etc.
Of course, I communicate almost exclusively through my portable phone. Since I can tell who's calling me before I pick up, the greetings are generally very familiar. If it's a strange number, it's back to "Hello" 
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