This blog is mainly to explain a different English language expression every day.
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Saturday, September 10, 2011
911
"911" or '9/11' or '9-11' [usually pronounced "nine-eleven"] means the September 11 of ten years ago when there was a terrorist attack.
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'911' [usually pronounced "nine-one-one"] is (in North America) the phone number that you call when you have an emergency, such as a fire or a crime.