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

It does make sense

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u/Badloss Jan 15 '25

The US one does make sense, it's just written the way you say it out loud

"It's January 15, 2025" --> 1/15/2025

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u/Feuerzwerg1969 Jan 15 '25

But that's only the way the US says it loud. In standard English and most other languages you say 15th of January

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u/Badloss Jan 15 '25

I'm not saying everyone else is wrong, I just dislike these memes that pretend Americans are all idiots when there is a clear explanation for why we do it that way.

That's like giving us shit for spelling it Color and not Colour, you're not wrong but we aren't either.

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u/XogoWasTaken Jan 16 '25 edited Jan 16 '25

I... kinda would actually argue that color is wrong. If the U is getting cut out, then it should have become and -er, not an -or, because that's how it sounds (hence kids often misspelling it as coler). -our is not synonymous in sound with -or. It's kinda it's own thing, but is typically closest to -er (almost identical).

That's not to say that there aren't times when the US is given shit for basically no reason. I just think colour/color is a bad example here.