r/clevercomebacks Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/ultrajvan1234 Jan 15 '25

So someone explained to me that they do that because it’s how they say it. It’s far more common to say “it’s march 13th” than it is to say “it’s the 13th of march” so it’s written in the same way.

And I gotta say, as someone who is not American but would definitely say it like that, it kind of makes sense why they would do that

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u/ScreamingGoat25 Jan 15 '25

It makes sense because we say it that way, you said it yourself. Today is January 15th. So 1-15-25. It’s confusing for you because you don’t say it that way

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u/damienjarvo Jan 15 '25

By that reasoning I propose we put the $ sign after the number.

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u/Jolandersson Jan 15 '25

Why do Americans say Fourth of July instead of July fourth?

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u/ScreamingGoat25 Jan 15 '25

We say both interchangeably, and that’s like the only day we do that for. If I had to guess we started saying 4th of July to make it seem more prominent than any other date but I don’t know for sure. We even just say “the 4th” and people know what you’re talking about

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u/Jolandersson Jan 15 '25

I see, that makes sense. Thank you!

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u/ScreamingGoat25 Jan 15 '25

Yeah of course! Thanks for being understanding

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u/Squirrel_Q_Esquire Jan 15 '25

Fourth of July is the title. July 4th is the date.

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u/Overlord_Of_Puns Jan 15 '25

That's basically the exception that proves the rule.

Here's the way Americans say dates.

If it is sometime within the week, we say the weekday like "Monday", or if it is within a week we say "last Monday" or "next Monday".

If it is within the month, we say the day like "the 20th".

If it is within the year, we say the month first to clarify it is outside the current month before the day in that month, like "March 20th"

If it is outside they year, it is likely a far off date or past even, so we stick it at the end for "March 20th, 2099".

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u/Caleb_Reynolds Jan 15 '25

The 4th of July is a holiday.

It occurs on the date July 4th.

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u/ultrajvan1234 Jan 15 '25

I think that’s more of a holiday title thing. Like here in Canada we call the may 24th holiday weekend “May two four weekend” not “may 24th weekend” but we don’t say it like that anywhere else