Today is European 112 Day 🇪🇺
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@EUCommission and it’s not on January 12th?
@bendirgo
Here in the EU, we generally prefer the format DDMM.
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@EUCommission a good idea, copied from the original 999 call in the UK (999 was a sensible number when dial phones existed, not so much now with pocket-dialling errors).
@UkeleleEric @EUCommission it was both sensible and not. 999 takes almost the longest possible amount of time on a dial phone, which is the opposite of what you need in an emergency. But it was chosen in order to reduce the likelihood of a false positive.
112 is nearly the shortest amount of time on a dial phone. And the choice of two different digits reduces the likelihood of a false positive on both dial and button phones.
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Today is European 112 Day
112 is the EU’s single emergency number. It connects you to ambulance, fire brigade or police. It’s free of charge across Europe and offers language support in many countries.
A life-saving number everyone should know.
@EUCommission And the ambulance is also free!
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@foo__
For sure!
@EUCommission I know people are encouraging you to interact and not only be a one-way broadcaster. I'm happy to see that you're taking that on.
But I'm not 100% sure about becoming too cool and "down with it". Sorry for being boring, but I expect the voice of the commission to be cordial, friendly, helpful, maybe empathetic? but still remain formal and correct.
Longterm it avoids misunderstandings and takes the vast array of possible receivers into account.
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@EUCommission I know people are encouraging you to interact and not only be a one-way broadcaster. I'm happy to see that you're taking that on.
But I'm not 100% sure about becoming too cool and "down with it". Sorry for being boring, but I expect the voice of the commission to be cordial, friendly, helpful, maybe empathetic? but still remain formal and correct.
Longterm it avoids misunderstandings and takes the vast array of possible receivers into account.
@leanderlindahl @EUCommission I always liked the work GOV.UK did on content design. Have a look at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/content-design/writing-for-gov-uk (“Writing to GOV.UK style” section).
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@bendirgo
Here in the EU, we generally prefer the format DDMM. @EUCommission @bendirgo I for one look forward to some of that EU harmonization towards ISO 8601
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@bendirgo
Here in the EU, we generally prefer the format DDMM. @EUCommission @bendirgo While sadly ignored by most people, the official standard according to ISO 8601 / DIN 5008 / EN 28601 is YYYY-MM-DD. DD.MM is (at least in Germany) only tolerated for local use as long as "there is no risk of misunderstandings".
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@SummerOf68 @EUCommission IN which part of the EU do you not need a passport on entry from outside the EU? There is ONE place and I am 100% sure you don't know where it is
@humanhorseshoes it was obviously spoken out of the view of an EU citizen with an EU ID!
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@SummerOf68 @EUCommission Also in European English we don't use American spellings so it is standardisation
@humanhorseshoes I think the EU will take no damage by my incorrect spelling!
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Today is European 112 Day
112 is the EU’s single emergency number. It connects you to ambulance, fire brigade or police. It’s free of charge across Europe and offers language support in many countries.
A life-saving number everyone should know.
@EUCommission Germany "Polizei Notruf 110
Nicht medizinische Notsituation, Straftaten, schwere Verkehrsunfälle
Feuerwehr Rettungsdienst 112
Schwere Unfälle, Herzschmerzen (Infarkt) und Kollaps, Luftnot, Bewusstlosigkeit, Lähmungen, Schlaganfall, Vergiftungen und Verbrennungen, akute Schmerzen."
