Nine Eleven or Nine One One

Lopéz · 3 Oct 2009 at 15:35

Which one and why?

I say "Nine Eleven" but I have no idea why. I don't say "Nine Sixty Eight" or "Nine Twenty Four" or "Nine Ninety Six" :/

PardonTheWait · 3 Oct 2009 at 15:39

nine eleven.. don't know why either

Rich1988 · 3 Oct 2009 at 15:42

probably not the reason but in USA their emergency services is 911, so maybe saying 9 eleven helps to prevent confusion ?

gone back to this thread and realised it was in motors and there was no mention of twin towers and this is to do with porsche, Fail +1 for me

mjt · 3 Oct 2009 at 15:46

for me, porsche = nine eleven and US emergency services = nine one one
as it is for most people i suspect

interestingly, in german the porsche 911 is called "Neunelfer" [nine eleven]

Lopéz · 3 Oct 2009 at 15:48

Well I'm not American so "911" in that sense doesn't really have any significance for me. I don't remember ever hearing someone calling it a Nine One One so it must be deeply ingrained in the human psyche or something

danza · 3 Oct 2009 at 16:04

The Porsche nine-eleven. So iconic they even named a terrorist attack after it.

I say nine-eleven too. Not sure why though.

wez130 · 3 Oct 2009 at 16:06

ninety one one

no, nine eleven for me

gillywibble · 3 Oct 2009 at 16:07

spaz · 3 Oct 2009 at 16:08

Nine Eleven for me too, and also don't know why!

West · 3 Oct 2009 at 16:08

I bet it's because Clarkson says it as Nine Eleven. A Clarksonism as it were

flat-6 · 3 Oct 2009 at 16:12

Americans often say nine forty-four and twenty-four. Guess its just how easy the syllables come out.

Was surprised when I dealt with the dealer in Kendal this week and got Porsh instead of Porsh-uh. No class these Cumbrians.

AtomicBanana · 3 Oct 2009 at 16:15

Does *anyone* call an elise 111s a 'one-one-one-ess'? Geninue question! Same reason I call that a 'one - eleven' and the 911 a 'nine-eleven'.

classicVin · 3 Oct 2009 at 18:34

Nine Eleven.

i know people to call the ford ka a "ford KAY - AE" its just a ford kah.

shauncr91 · 3 Oct 2009 at 18:41

danza said:
The Porsche nine-eleven. So iconic they even named a terrorist attack after it.

Haha

And ye, I say nine-eleven too.

SoliD · 3 Oct 2009 at 18:44

nine-eleven! I'm like you i think you say it like this because its just easier where there is loads more syllable if you exted 924, 968, 944 etc.

s0ck · 3 Oct 2009 at 18:46

mjt said:
for me, porsche = nine eleven and US emergency services = nine one one
as it is for most people i suspect

Jonny69 · 3 Oct 2009 at 18:47

Nine eleven. Nine one one is what you dial for the five O, honky.

s0ck · 3 Oct 2009 at 18:54

flat-6 said:
Was surprised when I dealt with the dealer in Kendal this week and got Porsh instead of Porsh-uh. No class these Cumbrians.

I suspect most ppl were calling it a 'porsh' until Clarkson accentuated it.

I still do!

On a similar note, how do you all pronounce 'adobe'

afoster · 3 Oct 2009 at 19:02

I've always pronounced it Ah-Doh-Bee

Jez · 4 Oct 2009 at 17:44

s0ck said:
I suspect most ppl were calling it a 'porsh' until Clarkson accentuated it.

I still do!

On a similar note, how do you all pronounce 'adobe'

Is that supposed to be pronounced ah-dobe then as opposed to ah-doh-bee?

Porsche is Porsh-ah, the dealer staff always pronounce it that way, the company exec's pronounce it that way, thats just how it is pronounced.

"Porsh" is almost as bad as people who call Sony "sonny" as opposed to "So-Knee"

Nine Eleven or Nine One One

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