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While you're at it, switch over to DD/MM/YYYY for the date format. The only 2 configurations that make sense is that or YYYY/MM/DD. Either go general to specific or specific to general, MM/DD/YYYY makes no sense.
It makes sense because of the way we say the date - eg today is November 21st, 1999. We don't usually say it's the 21st of November in conversation.
Eta: I wasn't giving any value statement for the date order lol. Just explaining the rationale for why the date is written in that order - that's how people talk. If linguistics as a concept bothers you, well... that's on you.
Try this...
"What date is it today? "
"Today is the 31st"
"31st of what?"
"The 31st of August"
"...?"
"Today is Saturday the 31st of August, 2024"
Etc.
See. It works even more so
No one says that in the US like that lol. Like say that sentence out loud, that's so long and exhausting and stilted for no reason. If my friend said the date to me like that, i would think they were upset about something or being weird. We'd automatically switch it over and say "August 31st, 2024," or even "8/31/24" because when people ask for the date while writing a check, for instance, they are going to write it numerically anyway.
Idk what's the point of your argument. To gaslight me in how everyday Americans talk?
You had to invite the other speaker in this scenario to mirror your format before they'd actually imitate the stilted way of saying "31st of August." Not even in your fantasies do Americans talk like that naturally.
I'm not even saying we SHOULD keep it that way - it makes things confusing at times. Just that common use has kept it ordered this way.
In Europe, we do say 31st August. Want gaslighting, just giving examples.
Alright, that's fine. Just not commonly said in US.
I wouldn't even notice it as unusual, even though it isn't my usual order. It could vary by region or profession, or maybe it's just you that notices it this acutely. In plain English emails and other narrative text, I always use "Sat Aug 31" (adding the year only when ambiguous), which is short but complete, and includes the day of the week, which is much more important to humans than the month anyway.
Are you just completely ignorant to the subject of linguistics?
Touché.