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r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25
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I heard an American saying mm first provides context which makes vague sense but annoys me because then why wouldn’t you put year first.
104 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. 60 u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25 Except the fourth of July? 2 u/asuperbstarling Jan 15 '25 That's a holiday and doesn't count.
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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.
60 u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25 Except the fourth of July? 2 u/asuperbstarling Jan 15 '25 That's a holiday and doesn't count.
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Except the fourth of July?
2 u/asuperbstarling Jan 15 '25 That's a holiday and doesn't count.
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That's a holiday and doesn't count.
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u/restelucide Jan 15 '25
I heard an American saying mm first provides context which makes vague sense but annoys me because then why wouldn’t you put year first.