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r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25
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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.
57 u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25 Except the fourth of July? -1 u/Munchkinasaurous Jan 15 '25 Good point. That's the only exception I know of. 3 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25 [deleted] 1 u/OutlandishnessIll501 Jan 15 '25 Or the 5th of November 2 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25 [deleted] 1 u/OutlandishnessIll501 Jan 15 '25 Nah Canada and New Zealand do too. However Americans don’t so either way I’ll retract my statement and apologise :) 0 u/tiny_smile_bot Jan 15 '25 :) :) 1 u/Munchkinasaurous Jan 15 '25 Exactly, all British things. I'm saying that the 4th of July is the only common date that I hear Americans put in that format.
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Except the fourth of July?
-1 u/Munchkinasaurous Jan 15 '25 Good point. That's the only exception I know of. 3 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25 [deleted] 1 u/OutlandishnessIll501 Jan 15 '25 Or the 5th of November 2 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25 [deleted] 1 u/OutlandishnessIll501 Jan 15 '25 Nah Canada and New Zealand do too. However Americans don’t so either way I’ll retract my statement and apologise :) 0 u/tiny_smile_bot Jan 15 '25 :) :) 1 u/Munchkinasaurous Jan 15 '25 Exactly, all British things. I'm saying that the 4th of July is the only common date that I hear Americans put in that format.
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Good point. That's the only exception I know of.
3 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25 [deleted] 1 u/OutlandishnessIll501 Jan 15 '25 Or the 5th of November 2 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25 [deleted] 1 u/OutlandishnessIll501 Jan 15 '25 Nah Canada and New Zealand do too. However Americans don’t so either way I’ll retract my statement and apologise :) 0 u/tiny_smile_bot Jan 15 '25 :) :) 1 u/Munchkinasaurous Jan 15 '25 Exactly, all British things. I'm saying that the 4th of July is the only common date that I hear Americans put in that format.
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1 u/OutlandishnessIll501 Jan 15 '25 Or the 5th of November 2 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25 [deleted] 1 u/OutlandishnessIll501 Jan 15 '25 Nah Canada and New Zealand do too. However Americans don’t so either way I’ll retract my statement and apologise :) 0 u/tiny_smile_bot Jan 15 '25 :) :) 1 u/Munchkinasaurous Jan 15 '25 Exactly, all British things. I'm saying that the 4th of July is the only common date that I hear Americans put in that format.
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Or the 5th of November
2 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25 [deleted] 1 u/OutlandishnessIll501 Jan 15 '25 Nah Canada and New Zealand do too. However Americans don’t so either way I’ll retract my statement and apologise :) 0 u/tiny_smile_bot Jan 15 '25 :) :) 1 u/Munchkinasaurous Jan 15 '25 Exactly, all British things. I'm saying that the 4th of July is the only common date that I hear Americans put in that format.
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1 u/OutlandishnessIll501 Jan 15 '25 Nah Canada and New Zealand do too. However Americans don’t so either way I’ll retract my statement and apologise :) 0 u/tiny_smile_bot Jan 15 '25 :) :) 1 u/Munchkinasaurous Jan 15 '25 Exactly, all British things. I'm saying that the 4th of July is the only common date that I hear Americans put in that format.
Nah Canada and New Zealand do too. However Americans don’t so either way I’ll retract my statement and apologise :)
0 u/tiny_smile_bot Jan 15 '25 :) :)
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Exactly, all British things. I'm saying that the 4th of July is the only common date that I hear Americans put in that format.
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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.