nine-one-one vs. nine-eleven?

Bruce Dykes bkd at GRAPHNET.COM
Tue Mar 14 14:15:48 UTC 2000


-----Original Message-----
From: Steve K. <stevek at shore.net>
To: Bruce Dykes <bkd at graphnet.com>
Cc: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: nine-one-one vs. nine-eleven?


>> I wonder how this compares to four-one-one. The slang term, not the
number.
>> Is four-eleven ever actually used, or is it always four-one-one?
>
>They used it at the Wilcox High School _Scribe_ Feb/March 99 issue "The
>most recent four eleven on some of the biggest hits out in music
>stores" was the headline
>(http://www.wilcox.scu.k12.ca.us/scribe/fm99_ent2.html)
>
>That was the closest thing I found searching on "four eleven" in google
>and looking at the first 500 hits. (I used -bible to delimit search due to
>a high number of hits for the Four Eleven Foundation which appears to take
>their name from Ephesians 4:11 [looking quickly at their homepage].)


Thanks. It was mostly idle speculation on my part, as well as highlighting a
potentially overlooked avenue for research.

bkd



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