9-1-1

911 9・11 9/11 English Etymology The official form of the service's name in regulations and materials from the United States National Emergency Number Association and Federal Communication Commission. Proper noun en 911. en Rick Paulas The Linguistics of Tragedy w:Pacific Standard https://psmag.com/social-justice/linguistics-tragedy-charlie-hebdo-terrorist-attack-98232/ 2015-01-16 9-1-1 is a phone number everyone knows growing up; its mention is associated with fear and disaster. If you’re dialing 9-1-1, something’s wrong. Using it in conjunction with another terrible event, then, isn’t a huge leap. If the events took place on March 11 (like the public information phone number 3-1-1), perhaps the metonym wouldn’t be “3/11,” since it isn’t similarly visceral. (It’s worth noting that the Madrid train bombings, which took place on March 11, are known in Spain as “11-M” due to the country’s use of the date-before-month method of date formatting.)(This connection between “9/11” and 9-1-1 is made evident in the story of its initial usage. https://web.archive.org/web/20250422061054/https://psmag.com/social-justice/linguistics-tragedy-charlie-hebdo-terrorist-attack-98232/ Noun ~ en uncommon en 911. Verb en verb en rare en 911. Category:Hindu-Arabic script en metonyms 3-syllable words en United States Canada Emergency services Law enforcement Firefighting Poisons Telecommunications Telephony Nine One French Proper noun m 1 fr Canada US telephony en 9-1-1 fr Emergency services Spanish Pronunciation nueve uno uno + Proper noun m 1 es US Spanish Mexico Belize Costa Rica Philippines Argentina Uruguay Ecuador Dominican Republic telephony en 9-1-1