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June 6

Question about the new movie action point?

Which actress plays the grandaughter in action point? 66.183.57.69 (talk) 05:45, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has an article on that film - Action Point. It lists cast members. I can't see one identified as "the granddaughter", but maybe you can work it out. HiLo48 (talk) 07:13, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Who was the News anchor on the BBC television broadcast in the morning of 9\11?

I know his first name is Nick. 37.142.4.56 (talk) 07:55, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see a Nick in List_of_news_presenters#British_newsreaders_and_newscasters. Maybe that list would jog your memory. There is a Nick Clarke in Category:BBC_newsreaders_and_journalists but he was a radio presenter.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:21, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Could it have been Nick Ross?--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:31, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There were several, it was rolling coverage. Also, BBC World and BBC1 would have had different presenters. My first thought was Nick Ross as well, but he's not in the youtube video at [1] which shows the BBC World coverage. There's a guy at 1'51" of that video whose name I can't remember. --Viennese Waltz 08:35, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This is exactly the news anchor that I'm talking about, but what's his last name? 37.142.4.56 (talk) 09:08, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dunno his name, but bear in mind (in case it matters), the times of day mentioned on that page are not British time. It was mid afternoon over here. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 09:29, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, obviously. The times shown are New York times. --Viennese Waltz 12:02, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nik Gowing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.38.221.49 (talk) 10:14, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well done. Thank you. --Viennese Waltz 12:25, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

unrelated discussion --Jayron 32 01:01, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

And it was 11/9, not 9/11. HiLo48 (talk) 10:15, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Excuse me? Last time I checked, the attacks took place on American soil, where they put the month before the date. The events are universally known as 9/11. --Viennese Waltz 12:02, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Universally? Not so sure about that. The name makes no sense outside the US, so other titles tend to be used. And we are discussing the BBC's coverage. HiLo48 (talk) 12:13, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's known as 9/11 over here, too. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 20:28, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note that HiLo48 is Australian. Akld guy or Nil Einne will be able to inform us of New Zealand practice. 87.112.145.168 (talk) 12:18, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's not really here or there. As I've already pointed out, the attacks are universally known as 9/11 by virtue of the fact that they took place on American soil. There are no country-specific variations in use. --Viennese Waltz 12:25, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No, they are NOT universally known as that. I teach teenagers. They weren't alive when the event happened. I was asked about Pi Day when it happened. I explained how it works with America's date convention, and said it's just like 911. I was faced with blank stares, and comments of "That's stupid", in reference to the date convention. HiLo48 (talk) 13:42, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, until Australians can represent cricket scores correctly, I think we can safely ignore any claims over "stupid date formats"! The Rambling Man (talk) 13:51, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A Google search for "9/11" restricted to the website of the Sydney Morning Herald (one of the two newspapers of record in Australia) returns 10,600 results. A similar search for "11/9" returns only 450, most of which do not relate to the attacks. I think we can safely conclude that you are wrong. --Viennese Waltz 14:14, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]