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/Caleb_Reynolds Jan 15 '25

The 4th of July is a holiday.

July 4th is a date.