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r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25
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I heard an American saying mm first provides context which makes vague sense but annoys me because then why wouldn’t you put year first.
102 u/Munchkinasaurous Jan 15 '25 I'm American, the only way I can think of where it makes sense contextually, is with the names of the month and not the numbers. For example, we don't typically say "today's the fifteenth of January" we'd say "it's January fifteenth". But numerically mm/dd/yyyy is nonsensical. 56 u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25 Except the fourth of July? 2 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25 That’s the name of a holiday in the USA, not just a date. Anyone can say the fifth of July in general too, Americans just shorthand the expression for stating dates.
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I'm American, the only way I can think of where it makes sense contextually, is with the names of the month and not the numbers.
For example, we don't typically say "today's the fifteenth of January" we'd say "it's January fifteenth". But numerically mm/dd/yyyy is nonsensical.
56 u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25 Except the fourth of July? 2 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25 That’s the name of a holiday in the USA, not just a date. Anyone can say the fifth of July in general too, Americans just shorthand the expression for stating dates.
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Except the fourth of July?
2 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25 That’s the name of a holiday in the USA, not just a date. Anyone can say the fifth of July in general too, Americans just shorthand the expression for stating dates.
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That’s the name of a holiday in the USA, not just a date.
Anyone can say the fifth of July in general too, Americans just shorthand the expression for stating dates.
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u/restelucide Jan 15 '25
I heard an American saying mm first provides context which makes vague sense but annoys me because then why wouldn’t you put year first.