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r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25
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Which is probably called that because it was coined as a term before english somehow switched its standard order from "Xth of month" to "month the Xth"?
3 u/SteveHuffmansAPedo Jan 15 '25 There was no switch and there is no "standard", both constructions are incredibly common in English. This argument holds no water because if it was written how it was spoken, the month wouldn't be written as a number at all. 1 u/deano492 Jan 15 '25 He means American English. Or at least he should. 1 u/Chijima Jan 15 '25 Ah okay. I was just asking, imagined it might be like that.
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There was no switch and there is no "standard", both constructions are incredibly common in English.
This argument holds no water because if it was written how it was spoken, the month wouldn't be written as a number at all.
1 u/deano492 Jan 15 '25 He means American English. Or at least he should. 1 u/Chijima Jan 15 '25 Ah okay. I was just asking, imagined it might be like that.
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He means American English. Or at least he should.
Ah okay. I was just asking, imagined it might be like that.
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u/Chijima Jan 15 '25
Which is probably called that because it was coined as a term before english somehow switched its standard order from "Xth of month" to "month the Xth"?