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> Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Thursday, September 13, 2001 5:10 AM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: Attack
> The problem he saw with this wasn't the word 'anniversary.' "911" is
> what most Americans dial in order to get emergency services: police,
> fire department etc. It is a uniquely American joke that everyone here
> would get, and most non-Americans wouldn't.
Er, wrong. An awful lot of what is broadcast on Western (non-US) television
is produced in the US -- anything from movies to sitcoms. Thanks to that,
pretty much the entire Western world knows the meaning of "911".
Jeroen
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