• strawberrysocial@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I’ve noticed it being written like 9/11 instead of 911 a lot lately. Is this how it’s supposed to be or what has happened that’s making people add the slash now…

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        3 months ago

        The emergency phone number has always been written as 911. I have no idea why people are writing a phone number as a date suddenly.

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        3 months ago

        No, these are people who are either incredibly dumb or have somehow never seen anyone write “911” down but have heard somone joking about “dialing nine eleven”

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        3 months ago

        It has always been 9/11 because it is a date. Some people use 911, but this can be confused for the emergency services phone number (also 911)