Reply
Sat 20 Aug, 2011 05:17 pm
Context:
On July 16, 2009, Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., was arrested at his Cambridge, Massachusetts home by a local police officer responding to a
911 caller’s report of men breaking and entering the residence. The arrest initiated a series of events that unfolded under the spotlight of the international news media.
More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates_arrest_controversy
No. The number 911 is the emergency number in the United States. If there is a crime being committed, a fire, a health emergency, people will dial 911 which will connect them to a local emergency services dispatching center. The call will automatically be recorded, as will the number from which the call was placed. However, the caller does not necessarily give his or her name. So, referring to a "911 caller" means someone, otherwise not identified, who called the emergency services number.
@oristarA,
I think this might be a typo and you're asking how it is said aloud. The answer is "nine one one," yes, as opposed to "nine eleven" or "nine-hundred and eleven," for example.
@oristarA,
"A 911 caller" reads as "a
nine one one caller". Your title suggestion "a nice one one caller" is particularly funny and silly, and makes you look more than a little ridiculous, unfortunately. I sympathise over your public loss of face. Careful attention to detail is a desirable trait.
@contrex,
That was probably the dickiest reply I've ever seen to an A2K question.
Thank you guys.
Frankly speaking, I myself as well cannot believe my eyes that I would misspell nine for nice.
@boomerang,
Especially considering it came from a former ESL/EFL "teacher".
Stumble It!
Tweet This
Bookmark on Delicious
Share on Facebook
Share on MySpace