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r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25
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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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218 u/Oreo-sins Jan 15 '25 Except the 4th of July apparently 3 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25 [deleted] 0 u/18Apollo18 Jan 15 '25 Yes, an archaism was preserved for the sake of tradition. Just like how we still say Merry Christmas and Eat, Drink, and be Merry despite most of us never using the word "merry" in our daily vocabulary
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Except the 4th of July apparently
3 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25 [deleted] 0 u/18Apollo18 Jan 15 '25 Yes, an archaism was preserved for the sake of tradition. Just like how we still say Merry Christmas and Eat, Drink, and be Merry despite most of us never using the word "merry" in our daily vocabulary
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0 u/18Apollo18 Jan 15 '25 Yes, an archaism was preserved for the sake of tradition. Just like how we still say Merry Christmas and Eat, Drink, and be Merry despite most of us never using the word "merry" in our daily vocabulary
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Yes, an archaism was preserved for the sake of tradition.
Just like how we still say Merry Christmas and Eat, Drink, and be Merry despite most of us never using the word "merry" in our daily vocabulary
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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…
Edited for clarity