Adriandavies 0 #1 September 7, 2005 ...errr that's it really. Why do Americans write dates as month day year rather than the day month year? Its bugged me for a long time and gets really annoying when my MS Word programme set for English English and not American English always offers to put the date in my documents the American way round! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swedishcelt 0 #2 September 7, 2005 Because we are really, really kinky and weird so get over it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcneill79 0 #3 September 7, 2005 B/c we can and it's fun to screw with you brits Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gemini 0 #4 September 7, 2005 Because we wanted to be different than you after 1776. Actually the military uses dd/mmm/yy Blue skies, Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #5 September 7, 2005 QuoteBecause we are really, really kinky and weird so get over it. Puh-leeze! Have you seen the volume of quality spanking videos and BDSM material that comes out of the UK? We, as Americans, should be ashamed into doing better.Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tumbler 0 #6 September 7, 2005 we write it as we say it.. December 12th, 2005 is 12/12/05.. so why do you do it the other way? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #7 September 7, 2005 Because we're Americans, so that makes us right and you wrong. Isn't that the American way of thinking? She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amanda965 0 #8 September 8, 2005 Quotewe write it as we say it.. December 12th, 2005 is 12/12/05.. so why do you do it the other way? I like the way we do it and in turn we do say it that way. However, everyone else may say "the 12th of December" instead!Blue skies and SAFE landings! ~Amanda~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #9 September 8, 2005 QuoteQuotewe write it as we say it.. December 12th, 2005 is 12/12/05.. so why do you do it the other way? I like the way we do it and in turn we do say it that way. However, everyone else may say "the 12th of December" instead! quite pointing out flaws in his logic Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisamariewillbe 1 #10 September 8, 2005 you mean quit ? hehehe sorry couldnt resistSudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #11 September 8, 2005 Quoteyou mean quit ? hehehe sorry couldnt resist uhh i typed what i meant Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisamariewillbe 1 #12 September 8, 2005 duhhhh lol I had to say it outloud to see that your way worked also.... blond moment...Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #13 September 8, 2005 it seems that I tend to create those for many suppose i could have put a comma there Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #14 September 8, 2005 Quote...errr that's it really. Why do Americans write dates as month day year rather than the day month year? Its bugged me for a long time and gets really annoying when my MS Word programme set for English English and not American English always offers to put the date in my documents the American way round! For the same reason that we use letter size paper (8.5" x11") and much of the rest of the world uses A4 (210 mm x 297 mm). Same reason that we don't widely use the metric system. Same reason that we haven't completely moved over to GSM cellular. "Traditions" take hold and it is *very* expensive to change. Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #15 September 8, 2005 i got used to writing dates as such.... 07 OCT 05 ... it's the way the u.s. military writes dates...... been hard for me to change since i got out... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #16 September 8, 2005 Quote Same reason that we haven't completely moved over to GSM cellular. Don't get me started on this. The fact that the assclowns at AT&T/Cingular decided to go with a WHOLE NEW FREQUENCY chaps my ass like a walk through the desert in snow pants.cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #17 September 8, 2005 Quote...errr that's it really. Why do Americans write dates as month day year rather than the day month year? Other than 'we do it this way,' why do you specify the day first? Do you use phrases like the 5th of March more often than March 5th? For some good fun in the San Francisco area, just use the phrase "The 101" or "the 80." Using 'the' gets em all steamed up, because you must be from LA and they care about that for some odd reason. The cause - in LA they prefer the word freeway to highway. So you have 'the 101 Freeway.' In the Bay Area they would say 'Highway 101.' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyrion 0 #18 September 8, 2005 We do it cuz it's the smallest unit to the largest unit. Just a logical progression... Like the metric system! Edit: And yeah, over hear I tend to hear/use "11th of December" than "December 11". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #19 September 8, 2005 QuoteQuote...errr that's it really. Why do Americans write dates as month day year rather than the day month year? Its bugged me for a long time and gets really annoying when my MS Word programme set for English English and not American English always offers to put the date in my documents the American way round! For the same reason that we use letter size paper (8.5" x11") and much of the rest of the world uses A4 (210 mm x 297 mm). Same reason that we don't widely use the metric system. Same reason that we haven't completely moved over to GSM cellular. "Traditions" take hold and it is *very* expensive to change. Walt ______________________________________ I had a world history prof., who told us that God, told the British to do things that way and to drive on the left side of the road. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,996 #20 September 8, 2005 >Same reason that we haven't completely moved over to GSM cellular. There are more reasons than tradition for that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adriandavies 0 #21 September 8, 2005 QuoteWe do it cuz it's the smallest unit to the largest unit. Just a logical progression... Like the metric system! Edit: And yeah, over hear I tend to hear/use "11th of December" than "December 11". This explanation sounds the most logical so far... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swedishcelt 0 #22 September 8, 2005 Quoteduhhhh lol I had to say it outloud to see that your way worked also.... blond moment... Hey! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 235 #23 September 8, 2005 "America!!! FUCK YEAH!! So lick my butt and suck on my balls!!!""I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skytash 0 #24 September 8, 2005 QuoteI had a world history prof., who told us that God, told the British to do things that way and to drive on the left side of the road. the road thing also has a reason. It comes from the days before cars, when people rode horses. A higher proportion of people are right handed, and wore their swords on the left side to be able to extract it from the holster (prob not right word) with their right hand. By riding on the left side of the roadways, the ends of the swords didn't hit each other when someone came in the opposite direction. Napoleon decided he wanted things different from the English for the French and changed things over. The French could convince the rest of the continent to do things their way which was harder for the English to enforce... tashDon't ever save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is a special occasion. Avril Sloe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeordieSkydiver 0 #25 September 8, 2005 QuoteQuoteI had a world history prof., who told us that God, told the British to do things that way and to drive on the left side of the road. the road thing also has a reason. It comes from the days before cars, when people rode horses. A higher proportion of people are right handed, and wore their swords on the left side to be able to extract it from the holster (prob not right word) with their right hand. By riding on the left side of the roadways, the ends of the swords didn't hit each other when someone came in the opposite direction. Napoleon decided he wanted things different from the English for the French and changed things over. The French could convince the rest of the continent to do things their way which was harder for the English to enforce... tash Almost but not quite. In the Middle Ages you kept to the left for the simple reason that you never knew who you'd meet on the road in those days; you wanted to make sure that a stranger passed on the right so you could go for your sword in case he proved unfriendly. In France, before the revolution the aristocracy travelled quickly on the left, forcing the peasantry over to the right. After the revolution aristocrats joined the peasants on the right. A keep right rule was introduced in Paris in 1794. Later Napoleon enforced the keep-right rule in all countries occupied by his armies, and the custom endured long after the empire was destroyed. The revolutionary wars and Napoleon's subsequent conquests spread the new rightism to the Low Countries. Some European countries drove on the left until after the first world war. Here endeth the lesson.Lee _______________________________ In a world full of people, only some want to fly, is that not crazy? http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
