In article ,
(Stephen Farrow) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Stephen Farrow) wrote:

Martin Underwood wrote:

"Loony Tune" wrote in message
...


I'm surprised they haven't changed the number for their emergency
services as a 'mark of respect'

Funny you should say that. It was my first thought when I heard
people referring to the Twin Towers attacks as "9/11".

Though, to be fair, the emergency services number is always read as
"nine-one-one", never as "nine-eleven".

Not that I recall (from before 2001).

Really? I've been living in North America since 1998 - admittedly in
Canada, though the emergency number is the same here (and I travel
south to the USA fairly frequently) - and lived in New York State for a
few months in 1993, and I've *never* heard anybody read the number as
"nine eleven".

So my US citizen brother confirms today. So why the 9/11 epithet for the
bombing of the twin towers? I remember being today of the link with the US
emergency number at the time too.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

I'd heard some places did refer to 911 as "nine-eleven" when the
number first came into use, until they started getting complaints from
people who couldn't find the "eleven" button on their 'phone. Since
then, it's been very explicitly "nine-one-one". We here is the US got
911 as a single emergency number in the late 60's, early 70's.

73, doug


(Colin Rosenstiel) writes:

In article ,
(Stephen Farrow) wrote:

Martin Underwood wrote:
"Loony Tune" wrote in message
...

I'm surprised they haven't changed the number for their emergency
services as a 'mark of respect'

Funny you should say that. It was my first thought when I heard
people referring to the Twin Towers attacks as "9/11".

Though, to be fair, the emergency services number is always read as
"nine-one-one", never as "nine-eleven".

Not that I recall (from before 2001).

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
I'd heard some places did refer to 911 as "nine-eleven" when the
number first came into use, until they started getting complaints from
people who couldn't find the "eleven" button on their 'phone. Since
then, it's been very explicitly "nine-one-one". We here is the US got
911 as a single emergency number in the late 60's, early 70's.

Full history of 911 and 999 emergency phone service is on webpage
http://www.911dispatch.com/911_file/history/911history.html
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont

Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
I'd heard some places did refer to 911 as "nine-eleven" when the
number first came into use, until they started getting complaints from
people who couldn't find the "eleven" button on their 'phone.

Which is why Americans are held in the esteem that they are.


Since then, it's been very explicitly "nine-one-one". We here is the US
got
911 as a single emergency number in the late 60's, early 70's.

Brimstone wrote:
Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:

I'd heard some places did refer to 911 as "nine-eleven" when the
number first came into use, until they started getting complaints from
people who couldn't find the "eleven" button on their 'phone.


Which is why Americans are held in the esteem that they are.

Probably the same people who complained that they could not find the
"any" key on their computer keyboard.
(press any key to continue)
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont

"Brimstone" writes:

Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
I'd heard some places did refer to 911 as "nine-eleven" when the
number first came into use, until they started getting complaints from
people who couldn't find the "eleven" button on their 'phone.

Which is why Americans are held in the esteem that they are.


That's why we have the President we have. What's your excuse for your
PM?

73, doug

Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
"Brimstone" writes:

Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
I'd heard some places did refer to 911 as "nine-eleven" when the
number first came into use, until they started getting complaints
from people who couldn't find the "eleven" button on their 'phone.

Which is why Americans are held in the esteem that they are.


That's why we have the President we have. What's your excuse for your
PM?


He happened to be the leader of the party that got the most votes. He wasn't
elected as an individual to the position of PM. He was only elected as a
Member of Parliament by getting the most votes in his own constituency.

On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:01:52 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone"
wrote:

Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
"Brimstone" writes:

Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
I'd heard some places did refer to 911 as "nine-eleven" when the
number first came into use, until they started getting complaints
from people who couldn't find the "eleven" button on their 'phone.

Which is why Americans are held in the esteem that they are.


That's why we have the President we have. What's your excuse for your
PM?


He happened to be the leader of the party that got the most votes.

Getting the most votes isn't a requirement for forming a government.

--
James Farrar

September's coming soon

In message , at 11:31:39 on Sun, 17
Jul 2005, Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 remarked:
We here is the US got
911 as a single emergency number in the late 60's, early 70's.

I recall staying in hotels in the USA in the 80's where there was a list
of numbers on the back of the door for the local Fire, Police etc. These
were the local phone numbers, not 911.

Perhaps, in those places where there is an integrated emergency service,
they have always used the number 911. But not everywhere has had that
integrated service for very long.
--
Roland Perry

James Farrar wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:01:52 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone"
wrote:

Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
"Brimstone" writes:

Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
I'd heard some places did refer to 911 as "nine-eleven" when the
number first came into use, until they started getting complaints
from people who couldn't find the "eleven" button on their 'phone.

Which is why Americans are held in the esteem that they are.


That's why we have the President we have. What's your excuse for
your PM?


He happened to be the leader of the party that got the most votes.

Getting the most votes isn't a requirement for forming a government.

Quite, after hitting the send button I realised the error. I should have
said, "the most MPs elected".