jobean
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Post by jobean on Mar 1, 2008 3:56:01 GMT -5
Our emergency number is 000. But if you dial 911, you'll immediately get transferred to the emergency lines anyway because they realised that a lot of people still think 911 is the emergency number because of American television and movies.
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Ansku
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Post by Ansku on Mar 1, 2008 3:57:51 GMT -5
There it's 112.
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Post by Carma on Mar 1, 2008 15:16:09 GMT -5
jups, 112 here.. it used to be 0611 but I think they wanted most of Europe to have the same emergency number..? I actually dialed 112 on accident... well I didn't.. my phone did when it was in my bag.. I think they may get that more often...
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Kristie
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Post by Kristie on Mar 2, 2008 16:12:35 GMT -5
I know that if I was in a foreign country and there was an emergency I'd probably dial 911 without even thinking about it. Too bad that wouldn't work. If an American in your country yelled, "Call 911!" would you understand what that meant? (From movies/TV shows and stuff)
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vikki
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Post by vikki on Mar 2, 2008 16:19:08 GMT -5
Here in Uruguay we use 911 too
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Post by Dominique on Mar 2, 2008 23:43:59 GMT -5
Our emergency number is 000. But if you dial 911, you'll immediately get transferred to the emergency lines anyway because they realised that a lot of people still think 911 is the emergency number because of American television and movies. Lol I never even knew about that!
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Mar 3, 2008 4:47:38 GMT -5
I know that if I was in a foreign country and there was an emergency I'd probably dial 911 without even thinking about it. Too bad that wouldn't work. If an American in your country yelled, "Call 911!" would you understand what that meant? (From movies/TV shows and stuff) I'd understand...thanks to movies and tv shows.
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Post by Carma on Mar 3, 2008 5:48:46 GMT -5
yeah I'd understand it as well, we get all your American movies and tv shows.. so most of us will understand
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Kristie
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Post by Kristie on Nov 16, 2008 14:41:12 GMT -5
Do you have any national holidays aside from your independence days that not a lot of other countries might celebrate?
Like in America we have Labor Day, a "day off for the working citizens." But I know that a lot of people who work for private companies don't get the day off--public employees do though.
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Halie
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Post by Halie on Nov 16, 2008 21:10:46 GMT -5
Don't forget Memorial Day, Veterens' Day, Thanksgiving, MLK Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Columbus Day... None of which are independence days Plus schools usually get Thanksgiving break, Christmas Break, winter break, spring break, summer break, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur...
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Post by Dominique on Nov 17, 2008 4:28:09 GMT -5
We have Australia Day (which celebrates the settlement of the British here) and Anzac Day (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, honouring those who fought at Gallipoli in WWI), can't really think of any other unique ones.
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Post by Isa on Nov 17, 2008 8:42:32 GMT -5
Let's see... we've got Victoria Day in May, which we call Patriots Day in Quebec because we don't want to celebrate the Queen of England anymore , then we've got Saint-Jean-Baptiste on June 24, again that's only for Quebec and it's the province's national holiday, then we've got Canada Day on July 1st, we also celebrate Labour Day in September and then we've got Canadian Thanksgiving in October. Some people also get a day off (I do) on Veteran's Day (November 11). I think that's it!
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Post by Lu on Nov 17, 2008 9:34:41 GMT -5
Interesting! We celebrate Liberation (April 25), Republic Day (2 June), Labour Day (May 1), and Catholic holidays: Ferragosto (August 15), when we celebrate Assumption, Immaculate Conception (on December 8), and Ognissanti, meaning All Saints, on November 1. There's also the patron saint feast, in my city it's on January 13, when we celebrate S. Ilario.
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Post by Carma on Nov 17, 2008 10:40:32 GMT -5
hmm... theres 'Sinterklaas' who is our dutch santa on December 5th. We have a lot of christian holidays, like easter and the sort. But I guess some other countries have those as well. We actually have 2 days of christmas! on April 30th we have 'Koninginnedag' (Queensday), we celebrate the queens birthday on that day. Not the current queen though, I think it was her moms birthday. On may 4 we have 'dodenherdenking' on that day we remember the dead "Remembrance of all members of the armed forces and civilians of the Kingdom of the Netherlands who died in war situations or peacekeeping missions since the outbreak of the Second World War. (wikipedia ) (which isn't very happy) On the 5th of May we celebrate 'Bevrijdingsdag', liberation day. "Celebration of the 1945 capitulation of German forces in World War II. Celebrated every year, but as of 2000, an official holiday once every 5 years."en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Netherlands haha, thats just easier!
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Ansku
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Post by Ansku on Nov 17, 2008 10:50:31 GMT -5
New Year's Day (January 1), Easter, May Day (May 1), Midsummer Eve and Midsummer day (Saturday somewhere 20-26 June?), Independence Day (December 6), Christmas Eve (December 24), Christmas Day (December 25) There are some Christian days, but I don't know those English names. Could other Finns carry on the list?
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