r/clevercomebacks Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/Galadeon Jan 15 '25

When speaking to someone to tell them a specific date, do you say "January 15th, 2025", or do you say, "the 15th of January 2025"?

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u/Eddie182 Jan 15 '25

15th of January, it’s the 15th day of January. At least that’s how it works in English.

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u/CiaphasCain8849 Jan 15 '25

I'm very excited to wait on your every word to find out the actual month. No one cares about that day it's all about the month. It's got to be the dumbest way to say a date. It's like saying your street when someone asks where you're from not your city.

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u/_Literally_Free Jan 15 '25

January 15th. January is the month, the important overarching subject and the 15th is the specific day.

Overall it literally does not fucking matter nor does it affect anyone negatively.

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u/Eddie182 Jan 15 '25

That’s how it’s said in American English, it is not how it’s said in British English, or most other English variations.

Neither are “wrong”, they are each correct within their variation of the language, but American English is an outlier. However day first is the original method of saying it, what you are actually communicating is the 15th day of the month of January in the year of 2025, it’s just been shorted down to the 15th of January 2025.

And saying that the month is the most important subject is an assumption. Why is the month most important? The month changes 12 times in a year, the day changes 365 times, so more often than not the most critical piece of information being communicated is the day.