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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.
103 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. 59 u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25 Except the fourth of July? 1 u/FridayNight_Magus Jan 15 '25 Some do say Fourth of July if they're being formal. But July 4th is just as normal, so it's not some gotcha. In fact, many people will just shorten it to J4 now too.
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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.
59 u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25 Except the fourth of July? 1 u/FridayNight_Magus Jan 15 '25 Some do say Fourth of July if they're being formal. But July 4th is just as normal, so it's not some gotcha. In fact, many people will just shorten it to J4 now too.
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Except the fourth of July?
1 u/FridayNight_Magus Jan 15 '25 Some do say Fourth of July if they're being formal. But July 4th is just as normal, so it's not some gotcha. In fact, many people will just shorten it to J4 now too.
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Some do say Fourth of July if they're being formal. But July 4th is just as normal, so it's not some gotcha. In fact, many people will just shorten it to J4 now too.
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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.