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Originally Posted by issybird
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A question with that in mind: Here in the US, 9/11 is shorthand for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. I assume the ROW knows what we mean. But what kind of shorthand is employed elsewhere, assuming one is? Do others say 11/9? 9/11, following US form? Or something else entirely?
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Personally I read nine-eleven, which is just a strange word coupled to a date. Or the 11 September attacks*, never the date on it's own in this context. Just using the numeral for the month is not usual in Dutch (I cannot recall it ever being used in spoken form).
* or similar term