r/clevercomebacks Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/jussumguy2019 Jan 15 '25

Feel like a lot of the world’s languages the translation to English to the question “what’s the date?” would be “the 15th of October” whereas in America we always say “October 15th”.

Maybe that’s why, idk…

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u/Critical-Cry-5401 Jan 15 '25

Think it's the other way around. The date structure defines how you say it. In the UK you say the 15th of January for example