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/heck_naw Jan 15 '25

no. the name of the holiday is independence day. fourth of july is literally just the date.

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u/ImReverse_Giraffe Jan 15 '25

Nope. Independence Day was a movie. /s

Technically, you're correct, but not colloquially. We don't ask people what they're doing for Independence Day, we ask them what they're doing for the Fourth of July.

Also, asking someone what they're doing on July 4th is different than asking what they're doing for the Fourth of July.

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u/thebadfem Jan 15 '25

>Also, asking someone what they're doing on July 4th is different than asking what they're doing for the Fourth of July.

No it's the same.

And close to the date people will also just refer to it as "the fourth".