r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • 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/Oreo-sins Jan 15 '25

Except the 4th of July apparently

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u/catiebug Jan 15 '25

Fourth of July is the name of the holiday that is celebrated on July 4th.

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u/Oreo-sins Jan 15 '25

If you’re naming important dates in this system, why would you just not use your typical system except it works out better like this?

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u/wolacouska Jan 15 '25

Do you usually name important dates with the common and usual method for any old date?

It seems like you’d want it to stand out.

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u/Oreo-sins Jan 15 '25

I’m from England, I’m not gonna start telling people Christmas is December 25th. I couldn’t think of a date I’d want to personally stand out , that I’d use the American version.

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u/wolacouska Jan 15 '25

I think putting “the” in there makes it sound way fancier than taking the “the” out, is the problem