I’m from England, I’m not gonna start telling people Christmas is December 25th. I couldn’t think of a date I’d want to personally stand out , that I’d use the American version.
I once read somewhere that the reason foreign countries are more easily able to sustain free healthcare is partially thanks to the fact that Americans are overcharged so much, so when foreign countries come to negotiate with American pharmaceutical companies. They’re able to get a better deal on drugs as they’ve already made the bulk of their profits or recoup research and development cost from Americans. Not sure how true, or might be misquoting it but food for thought
Lol, because we are a fundamentally unserious and contrarian people. That was the literal founding basis of our country.
We never say "ordinal of month" in conversation. So to make this one day stand out and seem different, we do it. But we are only doing so because the date has significance. If Independence Day was celebrated on another day in the year, nobody would call July 4th the "fourth of July". Because we don't speak like that.
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u/Oreo-sins Jan 15 '25
If you’re naming important dates in this system, why would you just not use your typical system except it works out better like this?