Re: 911/119/999


to seiyuu@usagi.jrd.dec.com
from sbh24@student.canterbury.ac.nz (Sam)
subject Re: 911/119/999
date Sun, 02 Nov 1997 15:29:01 +1300
>At 18:05 97/10/31 +0000, Chris Rijk wrote:
>>>>Junko read a letter for the "sentimental mistake" corner. Someone
>>>>called 119 instead of calling 117 (for the time). He quickly
>>>>apologized. Junko said that she called 119 by mistake too, but she
>>>>hung up on them. Then the next day, the police came over to her house.
>>>
>>>Is "119" what you dial for emergency in Japan? (Over here it's "911")
>>
>>Yeah. This actually turned up in the Inuyasha manga (which I'm
>>translating) several weeks ago, and I thought the person was talking
>>about house 119... (opps)
>>
>>Luckily, I have a Japanese friend who corrected me.
>>
>>btw, it's 999, here in the UK.
>
>000 in Australia...
>
>110 in Germany (for police, 112 for fire/ambulance - if memory serves, it's
>been 15 years).

111 in New Zealand. Hello!

Sam



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