# 1111?  11 eleven??  Eleven eleven???

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1111-11-eleven-eleven-eleven/297100>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 31, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1111-11-eleven-eleven-eleven/297100 "2005-03-31T20:14:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1111-11-eleven-eleven-eleven/297100/1 "2005-03-31T20:14:35Z")

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I have seen this “eleven eleven” thing crop up a lot in instant messaging and the like.

What does it mean exactly and is there a “proper” way to write it (from the choices in the title or some other way)?

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**Author:** ![galt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@galt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galt)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1111-11-eleven-eleven-eleven/297100/2 "2005-03-31T20:19:08Z")

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[This was just done.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309154)

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1111-11-eleven-eleven-eleven/297100/3 "2005-03-31T20:26:47Z")

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> [@galt](#):
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> [This was just done.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309154)

Bah…figures.

I did a search for this but either the hamsters are tired or (more likely in this case) the “version” of eleven eleven I used to search was off.

Thanks.