Comment on Pi Day

Etterra@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• lseif@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  unless you are using ISO 8601 then i think u should…

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  • Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Invalid argument as the ISO standard must include years. Not including years is just garbage

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• Michal@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think America is outnumbered on that matter.

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• Wilzax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Year/Month/Day is the way.

  Month/Day/Year you should fear.

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• nyctre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Remind me again what your national day is called?

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  • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    July 4th, or the 4th OF July. No one calls it 4 July.

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    • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      4th OF July,

      So date first, then the month?

      You don’t read 1/2 as “1slash2” do you? You read it as “half”, don’t you? You don’t read 3/4 as “three four” do you? You read it as “three quarters” or “three fourths”.

      Because we know how to conjugate numbers from context. Like say you finish 3. in a race. Would you read “3.” as “three” or “third”?

      (It’s quite ironic how often I end up having to teach Americans English, lol.)

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      • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        say you finish 3. in a race

        Who would even type it that way? When talking about position, the suffix isn’t ignored, either in text or speech.

        As for fractions, they are just that; fractions. Divisible portions of a whole, so different rules apply to them. They can be in the plural sense as in two halves, or 3 quarters. But you don’t have a plural dates of the month, unless you’re counting multiple years. And in that case it’s month first. Like, if you were comparing this year to other years, you wouldn’t say “this was better than the last couple 4ths of July”. You’d say, “this was better than the last couple of July 4ths”

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• Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Guess ya’ll just have to adapt to a better system.

  Give up on imperial while you’re at it too, you’ll be happier in the long run.

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