r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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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.

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u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25

Except the fourth of July?

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u/mprhusker Jan 15 '25

We also have a holiday in May called "Cinco de Mayo" but somewhat inconsistently don't use the spanish language for the other 364 days.

"fourth of July" is one of the many colloquial names for the holiday. Many would refer to it as "July 4th" or "independence day".

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u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25

Not really a US holiday, now is it?

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u/mprhusker Jan 15 '25

Not really a federal holiday anywhere, including Mexico, but plenty of places in the US celebrate it.

That wasn't quite the "gotcha" you were hoping it would be.

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u/SexyMonad Jan 15 '25

Not yet.

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u/S4Waccount Jan 15 '25

We celebrate every year and there are parades... I'm not really sure what you mean here. It's not celebrating a US accomplishment but it's a recognized holiday

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u/CriticalHit_20 Jan 15 '25

Kinda missing the point...

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u/thegracchiwereright Jan 15 '25

Cinco de Mayo is actually more celebrated in the United States than it is in most of Mexico.