Why am i getting text messages in two separate conversations

[Android Central Question]

Contact persons phone number is showing up with a 044 country code in front of it.

 

[belodion]

+44 is the country code for Her Royal Britannic Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I live there, so I know these things.

044 may be an area code. Check that. In any event, how do these numbers relate to your title question?

 

[B. Diddy]

+44 is the country code for Her Royal Britannic Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I live there, so I know these things.

How come I never see it abbreviated as HRBMUKGBNI? Just rolls off the tongue.