• Why do some people write mm/dd/yy instead of dd/mm/yy?!
    48 replies, posted
This just drives me crazy, it's annoying when I have to read 12nd day to the 4th month and then think "that can't be right?!?" and then realize that they switched the month's and the day's number's locations. It just makes no sense. Does your clock go "minutes/seconds/hours"? No, regular clocks go "seconds/minutes/hours". The order should be from smaller to the bigger. Is this like how in England, Japan, and a few other countries, people drive on the other side of the road?
'Merica.
Because they're retarded, aka American. [editline][/editline] Infact there only American, most of them aren't retarded. Only about 51% of them are. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("flaming" - UberMensch))[/highlight]
Because we Americans like to be different. :patriot:
-ninja-
It does make more sense, but who can complain. Nobody cares that the UK and America are different in roads at all either.
Do you say 6th December, 2010? No, you say December 6th 2010. Technically you could say 6th of December, 2010 but that's not conversationally more fluent.
Let's just say all americans are stupid motherfuckers. Mm'kay? [highlight](User was banned for this post ("flaming" - UberMensch))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Vesu;26528721]Let's just say all americans are stupid motherfuckers. Mm'kay?[/QUOTE] :geno:
[QUOTE=Vesu;26528721]Let's just say all americans are stupid motherfuckers. Mm'kay?[/QUOTE] I'm not american, but I do not support this post.
[QUOTE=Abrown516;26528670]Do you say 6th December, 2010?[/QUOTE] uh, yes.
[QUOTE=Kingy_why;26528602]Infact there only American, most of them aren't retarded. Only about 51% of them are.[/QUOTE] Please tell me this is not a joke because it is so hilariously ironic.
Because most Americans say December 6th, 2010 so it makes sense to only write it in a similar fashion. Thinking an entire country is retarded because of this it's ignorant and really speaks volumes about you.
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;26528692]You'd say that in e.g. norwegian or swedish "sjette desember 2010" but yes OP, it's just like how USA uses AM/PM while most other countries use the 24hr clock[/QUOTE] in dutch it's also zes december 2010
[QUOTE=Abrown516;26528670]Do you say 6th December, 2010? No, you say December 6th 2010. Technically you could say 6th of December, 2010 but that's not conversationally more fluent.[/QUOTE] "Sixth of the Twelfth."
[QUOTE=Kingy_why;26528602]Because they're retarded, aka American. [editline][/editline] Infact there only American, most of them aren't retarded. Only about 51% of them are.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Vesu;26528721]Let's just say all americans are stupid motherfuckers. Mm'kay?[/QUOTE] Fuck the both of you. I'll give the correct answer for the good of this thread. In 19th century Britain, month/day/year was acceptable. America used and still uses this format. In the UK it was changed to day/month/year to avoid what is called "Americanisation" (meaning your country has American traits) and also because in the first issue of the Manchester Guardian on May 5th, 1821, the format used was day/month/year so it stuck and that's what the UK uses. It's not because we're retarded nor stupid motherfuckers, the UK had used it before then changed for the reasons stated above. Just leave this thread if your intentions are to ignite a flame. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("flaming" - UberMensch))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Kingy_why;26528602]Because they're retarded, aka American. [editline][/editline] Infact there only American, most of them aren't retarded. Only about 51% of them are.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Infact there only American[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]there[/QUOTE] :irony: Learn spelling and grammar before you try to make a compelling argument.
[QUOTE=lead_farmer;26528989]:irony: Learn spelling and grammar before you try to make a compelling argument.[/QUOTE] I was more focused on the "51% isn't most" bit
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;26529034]I was more focused on the "51% isn't most" bit[/QUOTE] That too. Man, he's just too smart for us.
Well, [i]it just doesn't make sense doing month day year rather than day month year.[/i]
Well, this is getting ridiculous.
Most Americans say the date like "September the 11th, 2001," not "The 11th of September, 2001." Therefore, mm/dd/yyyy makes more sense.
[QUOTE=Abrown516;26528670]Do you say 6th December, 2010? No, you say December 6th 2010.[/QUOTE] uhh actually basically everyone I know says 6th of December 2010 also it does seem easier to say for me too Although it does seem pretty hypocritical to bash Americans for using mmddyyyy when we say things like "eight fifteen tuesday", when the "correct" way of saying it would be "fifteen minutes past eight, tuesday"
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;26529262]Although it does seem pretty hypocritical to bash Americans for using mmddyyyy when we say things like "eight fifteen tuesday", when the "correct" way of saying it would be "fifteen minutes past eight, tuesday"[/QUOTE] 5 syllables is easier and quicker than 8.
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;26529034]I was more focused on the "51% isn't most" bit[/QUOTE] I just noticed that holy shit pahaha [editline]6th December 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=TailsPrower;26529247]Most Americans say the date like "September the 11th, 2001," not "The 11th of September, 2001." Therefore, mm/dd/yyyy makes more sense.[/QUOTE] No it doesn't.
[QUOTE=Abrown516;26528670]Do you say 6th December, 2010? No, you say December 6th 2010. Technically you could say 6th of December, 2010 but that's not conversationally more fluent.[/QUOTE] Conversationally you can say it whatever you want, you can even start with 2010, but it's easier to read dd->mm->yy than mm->dd->yy.
But it is [I]only logic[/I] that it is in dd/mm/yy order, it goes from the smallest to the largest I'm sure that America would have used the dd/mm/yy system if it the mm/dd/yy-system hadn't been used for god knows how long
It's a format. Why do use the subject before the verb in Spanish? [editline]6th December 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=BurnEmDown;26529412]Conversationally you can say it whatever you want, you can even start with 2010, but it's easier to read dd->mm->yy than mm->dd->yy.[/QUOTE] Today is 2010.
[QUOTE=Kingy_why;26528602]Because they're retarded, aka American. [editline][/editline] Infact there only American, most of them aren't retarded. Only about 51% of them are.[/QUOTE] Americans aren't dumb. At least I think most of them aren't. I mean, come on! America was responsible most of the world's great inventions and accomplishments. We did everything from bioengineering wheat to sending man to the moon. Americans just probably seem dumb because the few of us that are really dumb, are the noisiest.
[QUOTE=Abrown516;26529484]Today is 2010.[/QUOTE] I meant like: "hey what's the date today?" "It's Two-thousand and ten, 15th of November".
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.