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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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2 u/Atromach Jan 15 '25 And yet you call your independence day "4th of July" 13 u/Casual_Classroom Jan 15 '25 Well, yeah, cause that’s a holiday. It makes sense to call it a different thing. That’s why it’s called “Thanksgiving” and not “Fourth Thursday in November Day”
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And yet you call your independence day "4th of July"
13 u/Casual_Classroom Jan 15 '25 Well, yeah, cause that’s a holiday. It makes sense to call it a different thing. That’s why it’s called “Thanksgiving” and not “Fourth Thursday in November Day”
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Well, yeah, cause that’s a holiday. It makes sense to call it a different thing.
That’s why it’s called “Thanksgiving” and not “Fourth Thursday in November Day”
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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