2006-07-11 01:21:09 · 33 answers · asked by zara c 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Jezzzzzz people!!!! Is it me that is so dumb? I am fully aware how dates are "backwards" in the states. Yet all of Europe also say 9/11, I understand it was a world event, but it is the ONLY event we in Europe have taken up American calender systems for. Lucky 7/7 was 7/7 eh?
2006-07-11 01:35:43 · update #1
I thought it was quite interesting at the time in that the emergency telephone number in the USA is 911 - the same as the date. That theory went to pieces with 7/7 though!
2006-07-11 04:23:31 · answer #1 · answered by The Findleys 3 · 7⤊ 4⤋
I can't say if you're dumb, but you are certainly insensitive and you don't seem to know much about people.
It may be your opinion that it "should" be 11/9 but that's not how people talk. It doesn't roll off the tongue and people don't like clumsy language with stops in it.
In England we say "September the Eleventh".
And no one think its a matter of "luck", least of all the victims. The attackers have probably picked the dates deliberately as having some significance.
For most people the outrage was the event, not the name.
2006-07-11 01:24:50 · answer #2 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This system of mont, date and year is recognized by computers. If you put 9/11, it will send it back to even 30/11, as computer recognizes 3 as lesser than 9. However, if you write 09, being zero first, it will recognize 09, as less than 3 or 30.
2006-07-11 01:29:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Americans do the date and day the other way around, in England today is 11/07/06 in US its 07/11/06
2006-07-11 01:25:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply speaking because the americans are a bit backward and this particularly applies to dates. In a logical world the date format is dd/mm/yy day month year, unfortunately our colonial cousins aren't capable of this reasoning and their format is mm/dd/yy.
Hence 9/11 rather than 11/9 which it has to be said is catchier anyway.
2006-07-11 01:26:11 · answer #5 · answered by nkellingley@btinternet.com 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since we might well refer to that date as September 11th, then 9/11 is the same sequence.
Also, please explain, for the benefit of the victims, how 7/7 was in any way lucky?
2006-07-11 01:54:33 · answer #6 · answered by Pete M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe the USA put there dates back to front so over in the states it would be 9/11 but in the UK we would say 11/9!
2006-07-11 01:24:29 · answer #7 · answered by Littleme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the people of the U.S.A. choose that way to label an event that is their cultural decision.
Naming the London bombing 7/7 however is just crass and unpleasant. Are people just too lazy to acknowledge what happened and its context. This is tee-shirt culture at its worst.
2006-07-11 01:29:08 · answer #8 · answered by Beebee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an American thing. They always write their months first.
Besides, as terrible in taste as it is, 9/11 is more "catchy" than 11/9. It makes it easier to remember.
2006-07-11 01:28:58 · answer #9 · answered by HiFi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as it stands for September 11. the month is stated before the date
2006-07-11 01:27:05 · answer #10 · answered by czaroma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it happened in the U.K. it would be known as 11/9 but in the US the date is written in the format of Month/Day/Year.
2006-07-11 01:25:20 · answer #11 · answered by The Wandering Blade 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋