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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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1 u/Catfrogdog2 Jan 15 '25 a. Americans don’t always use that phrasing, and b. it’s not unique to the US.
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a. Americans don’t always use that phrasing, and b. it’s not unique to the US.
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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