When referring to the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear incident, is "3.11" pronounced "San gatsu ju ichi nichi", or is there a shortened version, like "nine one one" or "September eleven" for the terrorist attacks on September the eleventh?
asked Feb 19, 2012 at 5:48
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53/11 is typically much more common in Western media (who probably like that 9/11 ring to it)... Japanese media overwhelmingly prefer the term 大震災/東日本大震災.– DaveFeb 19, 2012 at 8:12
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6I thought "nine one one" was the number you dialed in emergencies in the US. I thought "nine eleven" was more common.– dainichiFeb 19, 2012 at 8:30
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1@Flaw: that claim is stated as fact in Wikipedia With citations given: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/9-1-1#cite_ref-35– Andrew GrimmFeb 19, 2012 at 11:11
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1@AndrewGrimm: No, what I mean is that whenever I say it, or hear it, it's September 11th or 911...– silvermapleFeb 19, 2012 at 16:30
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3＞there were people who couldn't find number eleven on the phone. --- Lol in Japan we have ひゃくとうばん but no one would say 'I can't find number ten on the phone!'– user1016Feb 21, 2012 at 5:28
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For 2.26事件 or 5.15事件, I remember learning them to be read as "にいにいろくじけん", "ごういちごうじけん," but I also hear people reading them as "にいてんにいろくじけん", "ごうてんいちごうじけん." Other than these two, as far as I know, incidents written like this seem to be read simply as if you read a number with a decimal point, like "さんてんいちいち."
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3Is the vowel sound for に and ご intentionally dragged out to form にい and ごう? Why does it happen?– Flaw ♦Feb 19, 2012 at 7:39
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1@Flaw That is the way these numbers are usually pronounced in isolation.– user458Feb 19, 2012 at 8:10
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9@Flaw One-mora digits are given an extra mora when pronouncing a series of digits, probably to make them an "equidistant" rythm.– dainichiFeb 19, 2012 at 8:35