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  • #16
    Originally posted by Chrawnus View Post
    That's an acceptable (perhaps even superior) format as well. This is more a case of me being opposed to the dumb "mm/dd/yyyy"-format than it is me being in support of the "dd/mm/yyyy"-format.
    EGGzackly. Like OBP got used to the other format from the military, I got used to it from police work.
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Chrawnus View Post
      That's an acceptable (perhaps even superior) format as well. This is more a case of me being opposed to the dumb "mm/dd/yyyy"-format than it is me being in support of the "dd/mm/yyyy"-format.

      But, logically, in a conversation you say, "today is May 9th, 2019". Generally you don't say (at least where I live), " today is 9th May, 2019".

      It might be different elsewhere, but that's how it is here. Month, day, and year.


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      • #18
        Originally posted by mossrose View Post
        But, logically, in a conversation you say, "today is May 9th, 2019". Generally you don't say (at least where I live), " today is 9th May, 2019".

        It might be different elsewhere, but that's how it is here. Month, day, and year.
        That's only because the English language is a stupid language. The fact that it sounds more natural to say the month before the day in English is proof that it's a stupid language.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Chrawnus View Post
          That's only because the English language is a stupid language. The fact that it sounds more natural to say the month before the day in English is proof that it's a stupid language.

          You're right. It is stupid. But it's all I've got.



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          • #20
            Originally posted by Chrawnus View Post
            That's only because the English language is a stupid language. The fact that it sounds more natural to say the month before the day in English is proof that it's a stupid language.
            English also mugs its vocabulary from other languages.
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            • #21
              Originally posted by mossrose View Post
              But, logically, in a conversation you say, "today is May 9th, 2019". Generally you don't say (at least where I live), " today is 9th May, 2019".

              It might be different elsewhere, but that's how it is here. Month, day, and year.
              I almost always say it like "I'll meet you on Saturday, 18 May", and I've had people tell me "I remembered the date because you said it funny".
              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                I almost always say it like "I'll meet you on Saturday, 18 May", and I've had people tell me "I remembered the date because you said it funny".

                'Muricans always do stuff funny.


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                • #23
                  Originally posted by mossrose View Post
                  'Muricans always do stuff funny.
                  We always get a kick out of .... when somebody asks "Can you tell me how to get to Dallas" the person will almost always respond, "Dallas, Texas?"

                  It's just wired into us, I guess!
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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Chrawnus View Post
                    That's only because the English language is a stupid language. The fact that it sounds more natural to say the month before the day in English is proof that it's a stupid language.
                    how do you say it in Finlandneze? (I refuse to call it Finnish, cuz that sounds stupid)

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                      I almost always say it like "I'll meet you on Saturday, 18 May", and I've had people tell me "I remembered the date because you said it funny".
                      "Saturday, 18th of May" would be a possible way to say it as well, wouldn't it? Or perhaps it sounds a bit too stilted to native ears?

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                        how do you say it in Finlandneze? (I refuse to call it Finnish, cuz that sounds stupid)
                        Swedish is my native language, not Finnish, but in both cases we would say "[ordinal number] [name of month]", which in Swedish would be (if we take my birthday March 2nd as an example), "andra Mars" and in Finnish "toinen maaliskuuta".

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by Chrawnus View Post
                          Swedish is my native language, not Finnish, but in both cases we would say "[ordinal number] [name of month]", which in Swedish would be (if we take my birthday March 2nd as an example), "andra Mars" and in Finnish "toinen maaliskuuta".
                          What the sam thunder is an ordinal number?
                          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Chrawnus View Post
                            Swedish is my native language, not Finnish, but in both cases we would say "[ordinal number] [name of month]", which in Swedish would be (if we take my birthday March 2nd as an example), "andra Mars" and in Finnish "toinen maaliskuuta".
                            Swedish???

                            Do you know this guy?


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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                              What the sam thunder is an ordinal number?
                              First, second, third and so on...

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by Chrawnus View Post
                                First, second, third and so on...
                                Kinda like .... in ORDER!

                                (kidding - I'm just impressed by the jargon!)
                                The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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