• Abbé
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    4 years ago

    I wonder how their date format originated.

    • Ephera
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      4 years ago

      I’m guessing, it’s related to speech, because in American English you do usually say e.g. “May 31st”, not “the 31st of May”. No idea how that difference in speech originated, though.