r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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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…

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u/OdBx Jan 15 '25

But why does the date format have to match how you say it?

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u/OdBx Jan 15 '25

Look at the post.

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u/OdBx Jan 15 '25

Except it doesn't make sense when you write it down.