Nine Twenty Eight or Nine Two Eight?
03-29-2010, 10:25 AM
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03-29-2010, 11:18 AM
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I think "nine twenty eight" is the fault of Ma Bell (AT&T for those non-US readers).
If they'd had another emergency response number, then that other Porsche could have been the nine-one-one.
Instead, Porsche marketing had to call it the nine-eleven, at which point the fate of the 928 in North America was sealed.
Question - are the older 356 a "three fifty-six", and 914 a "nine fourteen"?
03-29-2010, 12:22 PM
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Ahem, your theory, Ahem, which belongs to you, ahem, and nobody else can have it, ahem, and is not about dianosaurs, ahem...
9-11 pre-dates emergency dialing short cut 9-1-1, as does 3-50-6. etc.
9-11 pre-dates emergency dialing short cut 9-1-1, as does 3-50-6. etc.
03-29-2010, 01:33 PM
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Nine Twenty Eight is all I have heard in Philadelphia, of course you don't hear it come up much from anyone. That is unless you're asking what time it is and it happens to be 9:28. It's also my favorite time of the day and my favorite ride of the day! 
Joe B. -on my way right now to the 928OC Winter Event, brunch and a visit to the Simeone Auto Museum in Philly.
Joe B. -on my way right now to the 928OC Winter Event, brunch and a visit to the Simeone Auto Museum in Philly.
03-29-2010, 07:01 PM
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[QUOTE. . . mixing it up nine twenty eight probably is not grammatically correct in any language.[/QUOTE]
I f that is the case, I wonder how just about everyone got away with referring to the year, last century, as nineteen fifty-eight, for example; or even lately I heard someone on TV refer to the current year as "twenty ten." Then too, I doubt that there is a gramatical rule about how you say any numbers.
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I f that is the case, I wonder how just about everyone got away with referring to the year, last century, as nineteen fifty-eight, for example; or even lately I heard someone on TV refer to the current year as "twenty ten." Then too, I doubt that there is a gramatical rule about how you say any numbers.
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03-30-2010, 12:03 AM
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Most languages say two-thousand and ten, one thousand nine hundred eighty seven. Well that was how I was taught to say it in other languages. In English there are always exceptions and how to pronounce dates is one of them but numbers aren't I guess.
So it should be nine two eight.
Anyway if you want to be picky about how everyone else pronounces the date how about the year 641? Do historians say six forty one? I don't think so. So why say nine twenty eight?
So it should be nine two eight.
Anyway if you want to be picky about how everyone else pronounces the date how about the year 641? Do historians say six forty one? I don't think so. So why say nine twenty eight?
03-30-2010, 07:05 AM
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I was thinking about this today, and I think the US has it sorted grammatically.
In an emergency you dial 911 - pronounced nine one one three individual numbers
The day the twin towers fell down was 911 or september 11 or nine eleven - eleventh day of the 9th month.
That leads us to a conundrum
9 at the beginning just means Porsche (ignoring the 356 and IIRC P wanted to use 901 for the first 911 but 901 is "owned" by Peugeot) so let us accept that 9= Porsche post 356.
So the first post 356 P model was the 911
9 being Porsche 1 being the first model, second 1 being the first derivative of the first model
- then came the 912.
9 -1 - 2, 2 being the second derivative of the the first model.
etc
914 not the fourth derivative but a 4 cylinder variant of the beetle derived design
Jumping forwards
924
2= radical change in design philosophy - engine at front gearbox at rear ahead of the rear axle centreline, 4 = four cylinders
928
8= eight cylinders
Thus it's a Nine Two Eight not a Nine Twenty Eight
Isn't it amazing what creative thought a decent Shiraz can liberate !
03-30-2010, 01:30 PM
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When you find someone who is 1369+ years old you can ask them LOL.
I was thinking about this today, and I think the US has it sorted grammatically.
In an emergency you dial 911 - pronounced nine one one three individual numbers
The day the twin towers fell down was 911 or september 11 or nine eleven - eleventh day of the 9th month.
That leads us to a conundrum
9 at the beginning just means Porsche (ignoring the 356 and IIRC P wanted to use 901 for the first 911 but 901 is "owned" by Peugeot) so let us accept that 9= Porsche post 356.
So the first post 356 P model was the 911
9 being Porsche 1 being the first model, second 1 being the first derivative of the first model
- then came the 912.
9 -1 - 2, 2 being the second derivative of the the first model.
etc
914 not the fourth derivative but a 4 cylinder variant of the beetle derived design
Jumping forwards
924
2= radical change in design philosophy - engine at front gearbox at rear ahead of the rear axle centreline, 4 = four cylinders
928
8= eight cylinders
Thus it's a Nine Two Eight not a Nine Twenty Eight
Isn't it amazing what creative thought a decent Shiraz can liberate !
I was thinking about this today, and I think the US has it sorted grammatically.
In an emergency you dial 911 - pronounced nine one one three individual numbers
The day the twin towers fell down was 911 or september 11 or nine eleven - eleventh day of the 9th month.
That leads us to a conundrum
9 at the beginning just means Porsche (ignoring the 356 and IIRC P wanted to use 901 for the first 911 but 901 is "owned" by Peugeot) so let us accept that 9= Porsche post 356.
So the first post 356 P model was the 911
9 being Porsche 1 being the first model, second 1 being the first derivative of the first model
- then came the 912.
9 -1 - 2, 2 being the second derivative of the the first model.
etc
914 not the fourth derivative but a 4 cylinder variant of the beetle derived design
Jumping forwards
924
2= radical change in design philosophy - engine at front gearbox at rear ahead of the rear axle centreline, 4 = four cylinders
928
8= eight cylinders
Thus it's a Nine Two Eight not a Nine Twenty Eight
Isn't it amazing what creative thought a decent Shiraz can liberate !
I also just call it "28" if talking to some of my car guy friends. Sorry 