How to prevent phone numbers to be converted into Skype links?

Question

On those Windows machines with Skype installed, it tends to convert all phone-formatted numbers to Skype links so you can click it in order to make a call on Skype.

Answer 1

EDIT: Sorry, I just discovered that IE9 has issues with this solution as it does not support soft hyphens.

There is an alternative solution to this problem:

You can use a soft-hyphen character (­) inside the phone number to address the issue. For example, given the number

0664 111 222 3

change to

0664­ 111 222 3

and be happy :)