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cheshirescat on 18 September 2014
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BraLoD said:
bubblegamer said:
BraLoD said:

Yes, I remember it being February since the pre-TGS announcement.
But I was thinking you could have being delayed to the West for some reason, but thankfully not.

Just wondering why people use Month/Day/Year, as I always was, that makes no sense to me and end up confusing me xD

It's an american thing, just like fahrenheit and pounds, thought the british use pounds too!


And miles, gallons and feets too! xD
I know it's a USA thing but as well, but why? Just because it's cultural knowledge? It's too confusing xD


It stems from the way dates are written longhand as in, September 17, 2014, short form just followed suit.  As far as the metric system is concerned, the US is just taking the most gradual process possible towards adopting it by selling hard alcohol by the milliliter and hoping people will start to pick it up.  Of course those people all wind up drunk, hardly conducive to proper study so we're kind of stuck at the moment.