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accideath@feddit.org 17 hours agoBut why do US-Americans say March 3rd? The British don’t. They prefer 3rd of March. And the USA loves their 4th of july…
Comment on Anon goes to Japan
accideath@feddit.org 17 hours agoBut why do US-Americans say March 3rd? The British don’t. They prefer 3rd of March. And the USA loves their 4th of july…
arrow74@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
You are right we do still say 4th of July, but usually we tend to just prefer a different format when talking about everyday things. I’m going to visit on July 15th, I have a appointment May 12th, etc. This is much more natural in American English. Saying the “12th of May” just sounds overly formal. Which is fine for a holiday, but not everyday speech.
So I guess the question is when did this shift between American and British English occur in relation to the creation of are dating formats.
WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social 14 hours ago
I assume, like most things English, Americans kept the language more or less the same while the Brits shifted how they use the language. The European languages that are spoken in the Americas haven’t changed much since colonization while the Europeans have been changing their languages drastically in the past 4 centuries