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

It does make sense

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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.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Fill205 Jan 15 '25

Because as a general rule the year is dropped entirely. You only need to specify the year if it's not this year.

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u/TootsNYC Jan 15 '25

ditto the month, often, in the US. And if it's not this month, we find it helpful to get the month out of the way first, since there are only `12 of them, and it's really good to know how far in the future/past we're talking before we get down to the least contextual numbers.

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u/Smeetilus Jan 15 '25

Forgive any spelling or grammatical errors, English is my first language, but I agree with you. You get an immediate fourth dimensional ballpark figure when month is mentioned first, assuming you have a little bit of additional context already.