Why do Americans do the date differently?

[PwnSt0nes]

They enjoy making things feel like their own. They do it with language too. Make minor changes so they can feel like they're not just copying a country most of them see as their own personal ***** nation.

How about 93% of american's population. doesnt even know we do things differenly?

So just don't talk about my country seeing as you DONT'T LIVE HERE!

do you think we would talk about your country like that? NO and if so. let it be known we dont know jack about other countries

 

[mr_rubino]

We just do. And to send it right back at ya, why do all of you Europeans and Asians drive on the left side of the road, huh? That's so silly.

Nah, just England and Japan. Two isolated islands. =P

England isn't an island it's a country along with Scotland and Wales that make up the island of great britain which contains numerous small islands as well.

Japan is several thousand islands not just one. I'm not attacking you just letting you know

*sigh* Two isolated archipelagos. Better? They also both have an odd predilection towards calling undergarments "pants".

We just do. And to send it right back at ya, why do all of you Europeans and Asians drive on the left side of the road, huh? That's so silly.

Nah, just England and Japan. Two isolated islands. =P

Actually driving on the left was how it was done originally. It was a system invented by the Romans and the whole of Europe was using it up until Napoleon decided that everyone should drive on the right. So really we're right, you're wrong, again.

Terribly intriguing, old chap, but you haven't clarified what else you're "right" about. Sticking unnatural letters into words and calling it classy certainly isn't "right". (Napoleon, eh? Sure was a looong time ago, wasn't it?)
God bless the Englanders. If they're not adding cosmetic changes to something and retroactively claiming it's correct, or losing half the world in one fell/prolonged swoop, they're keeping traditions the rest of the world gave up and claiming superiority for it. Must be nice to live in a little soap bubble while the rest of the world has to share borders with things.

Wtf? Did your girlfriend leave you for an English bloke or something? You seem to have a rather large chip on your soldier. I think it's cute that your perception of England is out of date by about 100 years but, you really shouldn't display your ignorance so openly.

Ah, sorry, governor. Allow me to do the more more acceptable thing:
Gaw! America! Those Yanks are their differences from us! What uneducated tobbyrot! *monocle*

Have you ever been to England?

Have you ever been to America?

I have actually, I spent a couple of weeks in NYC. I just find it ironic that in trying to beat the dead horse that is the British stereotype (and if I am honest, it is only the Americans that continue to beat that poor horse), you became the embodiment of the ignorant American stereotype.

Ah what a coincidence. I see you on a message board whining about American dating systems. I think you might have your top hat on too tight, because it seems dripping irony is yet another thing Englanders like to claim as their own that another civilization created. (And you succeed, I'll admit.)

Sorry, man. I'm not going to bow down and apologize for my birthplace just because you wounded lions still think we somehow care enough to defy you because your ancestors had a tenuous hold on us a century or two ago. It just feeds the unhealthy complex you guys seem to have. I have no problem with you guys being a shell of an empire with your claws clutching for dear life at the closest island you have left, but I think it's about time your bunch dropped the 'tude and joined the rest of the world.

Okey.....Next step is for you to find where I insulted your dating system, where I said that irony is something only English people are allowed to do, where I said I care whether or not the USA is a British colony, where I said I think Britain has an empire and where I said we engaged in some sort of ancestor worship.

I mean geez man, even the OP stated he was only curious. Granted, there was a couple of posters who displayed some anti-American attitudes, but do you really think that they represent an entire country? Just because you have demonstrated yourself to be ignorant does not mean I think all Americans are ignorant.

So basically you say you had no interest in adding anything relevant to this thread? Ah, so you just saw some America-bashing and wanted to get in on it. Gotcha. Honestly now... like I said, drop the "poor us against the savage world" act. Just because you don't have a monocle to drop or a teacup to drop it in doesn't mean the average Ingle has changed in the last few centuries; all this belly-aching over Americans' garish misuse of your language and customs because one dude was "curious" (Sure) shows the ol' British lack of adaptability and superiority complex in full swing.

EDIT: Mind you, when it was explained multiple times that American dating made... actual sense for filing and record-keeping purposes, you gents continued playing Tevye and just screaming "Traditiooooooooon!"

 

[Hyper-space]

Maybe it's to bring it in line with (what might be) the most common way Americans say it. "Today is January first, of two thousand eleven."

Maybe the government considers the month more important than the day on their documents (maybe for organizational and cataloging purposes), so they format it like that.

Honestly, I don't know.

Maybe it was because the first shipping manifest or whatever, used to focus on the month more instead of the day.

Dunno myself. Maybe they wanted to be different than the british empire?

 

[TheTaco007]

America is the angsty teenager of the countries. "We're gonna be DIFFERENT! We don't WANNA use the metric system!"It doesn't make sense at all, but that's life.

 

[Lethos]

We just do. And to send it right back at ya, why do all of you Europeans and Asians drive on the left side of the road, huh? That's so silly.

Nah, just England and Japan. Two isolated islands. =P

England isn't an island it's a country along with Scotland and Wales that make up the island of great britain which contains numerous small islands as well.

Japan is several thousand islands not just one. I'm not attacking you just letting you know

*sigh* Two isolated archipelagos. Better? They also both have an odd predilection towards calling undergarments "pants".

We just do. And to send it right back at ya, why do all of you Europeans and Asians drive on the left side of the road, huh? That's so silly.

Nah, just England and Japan. Two isolated islands. =P

Actually driving on the left was how it was done originally. It was a system invented by the Romans and the whole of Europe was using it up until Napoleon decided that everyone should drive on the right. So really we're right, you're wrong, again.

Terribly intriguing, old chap, but you haven't clarified what else you're "right" about. Sticking unnatural letters into words and calling it classy certainly isn't "right". (Napoleon, eh? Sure was a looong time ago, wasn't it?)
God bless the Englanders. If they're not adding cosmetic changes to something and retroactively claiming it's correct, or losing half the world in one fell/prolonged swoop, they're keeping traditions the rest of the world gave up and claiming superiority for it. Must be nice to live in a little soap bubble while the rest of the world has to share borders with things.

Wtf? Did your girlfriend leave you for an English bloke or something? You seem to have a rather large chip on your soldier. I think it's cute that your perception of England is out of date by about 100 years but, you really shouldn't display your ignorance so openly.

Ah, sorry, governor. Allow me to do the more more acceptable thing:
Gaw! America! Those Yanks are their differences from us! What uneducated tobbyrot! *monocle*

Have you ever been to England?

Have you ever been to America?

I have actually, I spent a couple of weeks in NYC. I just find it ironic that in trying to beat the dead horse that is the British stereotype (and if I am honest, it is only the Americans that continue to beat that poor horse), you became the embodiment of the ignorant American stereotype.

Ah what a coincidence. I see you on a message board whining about American dating systems. I think you might have your top hat on too tight, because it seems dripping irony is yet another thing Englanders like to claim as their own that another civilization created. (And you succeed, I'll admit.)

Sorry, man. I'm not going to bow down and apologize for my birthplace just because you wounded lions still think we somehow care enough to defy you because your ancestors had a tenuous hold on us a century or two ago. It just feeds the unhealthy complex you guys seem to have. I have no problem with you guys being a shell of an empire with your claws clutching for dear life at the closest island you have left, but I think it's about time your bunch dropped the 'tude and joined the rest of the world.

Okey.....Next step is for you to find where I insulted your dating system, where I said that irony is something only English people are allowed to do, where I said I care whether or not the USA is a British colony, where I said I think Britain has an empire and where I said we engaged in some sort of ancestor worship.

I mean geez man, even the OP stated he was only curious. Granted, there was a couple of posters who displayed some anti-American attitudes, but do you really think that they represent an entire country? Just because you have demonstrated yourself to be ignorant does not mean I think all Americans are ignorant.

So basically you say you had no interest in adding anything relevant to this thread? Ah, so you just saw some America-bashing and wanted to get in on it. Gotcha. Honestly now... like I said, drop the "poor us against the savage world" act. Just because you don't have a monocle to drop or a teacup to drop it in doesn't mean the average Ingle has changed any in the last few centuries; all this belly-aching over Americans' garish misuse of your language and customs shows the ol' British lack of adaptability and superiority complex in full swing.

Okey...Now your next step...again, is to find where I bashed Americans. I saw you bashing English people and stepped in.

You do seem to have this habit of making up scenarios in your head....

 

[paragon1]

Because any other arrangement would make pi day impossible?

I agree. It's impossible to calculate the importance of that special day.

OT: I love how some people in this thread seem to think that Americans as a nation give even the smallest shit about what the rest of the world thinks.

 

[Dectomax]

considering we broke away from Britain hundreds of years ago.

199 years ago...just thought I'd add that in.

OT: I have no idea? As stated before, the Americans just like to feel special I suppose. Maybe we could exchange the date for a constant stream of cookies?

 

[TAGM]

I don't really know. Maybe it is just to be different. Maybe it's just because america felt like being a dick or something.
Strange thing is, though - Ever wonder if they ask why we're doing it wrong?

 

[Canid117]

because

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Same reason we measure things in inches, feet, and yards. (12 inches=1 foot, 1 yard=3 feet. Seriously, who came up with this terrible system?).....I don't fucking know.

 

[Mercsenary]

Because any other arrangement would make pi day impossible?

Thread over.

In any case, does it matter (other than the aforementioned pi day)? 03/20/1990 20/03/1990

Well gee what does that refer to March 20th, 1990.

For Westerners and Europeans it takes alittle for the brain to rewire itself temporarily to assign the correct dd/mm/yyyy format but it still works. So you take a fraction of a second longer to stare at a date. Oh noes, the world ends.

Next thing you know we're gonna be arguing whether the meter is better or the yard is better and why people use it.


Also, If it aint broke, dont fix it.

 

[mb16]

I don't see why it's such a problem that America likes to change small trivial things about it (i.e. the dates, roads and spelling of certain words) to most of you people.

did you also know that they swapped the way the lights go on boats?

rest of the world.
[red-light]BOAT[green light]
USA.
[green light]BOAT[red-light]

so if its dark and your in US waters is the other boat going away or coming towards you?

 

[mb16]

We just do. And to send it right back at ya, why do all of you Europeans and Asians drive on the left side of the road, huh? That's so silly.

Nah, just England and Japan. Two isolated islands. =P

England isn't an island it's a country along with Scotland and Wales that make up the island of great britain which contains numerous small islands as well.

Japan is several thousand islands not just one. I'm not attacking you just letting you know

*sigh* Two isolated archipelagos. Better? They also both have an odd predilection towards calling undergarments "pants".

We just do. And to send it right back at ya, why do all of you Europeans and Asians drive on the left side of the road, huh? That's so silly.

Nah, just England and Japan. Two isolated islands. =P

Actually driving on the left was how it was done originally. It was a system invented by the Romans and the whole of Europe was using it up until Napoleon decided that everyone should drive on the right. So really we're right, you're wrong, again.

Terribly intriguing, old chap, but you haven't clarified what else you're "right" about. Sticking unnatural letters into words and calling it classy certainly isn't "right". (Napoleon, eh? Sure was a looong time ago, wasn't it?)
God bless the Englanders. If they're not adding cosmetic changes to something and retroactively claiming it's correct, or losing half the world in one fell/prolonged swoop, they're keeping traditions the rest of the world gave up and claiming superiority for it. Must be nice to live in a little soap bubble while the rest of the world has to share borders with things.

Wtf? Did your girlfriend leave you for an English bloke or something? You seem to have a rather large chip on your soldier. I think it's cute that your perception of England is out of date by about 100 years but, you really shouldn't display your ignorance so openly.

Ah, sorry, governor. Allow me to do the more more acceptable thing:
Gaw! America! Those Yanks are their differences from us! What uneducated tobbyrot! *monocle*

Have you ever been to England?

Have you ever been to America?

I have actually, I spent a couple of weeks in NYC. I just find it ironic that in trying to beat the dead horse that is the British stereotype (and if I am honest, it is only the Americans that continue to beat that poor horse), you became the embodiment of the ignorant American stereotype.

Ah what a coincidence. I see you on a message board whining about American dating systems. I think you might have your top hat on too tight, because it seems dripping irony is yet another thing Englanders like to claim as their own that another civilization created. (And you succeed, I'll admit.)

Sorry, man. I'm not going to bow down and apologize for my birthplace just because you wounded lions still think we somehow care enough to defy you because your ancestors had a tenuous hold on us a century or two ago. It just feeds the unhealthy complex you guys seem to have. I have no problem with you guys being a shell of an empire with your claws clutching for dear life at the closest island you have left, but I think it's about time your bunch dropped the 'tude and joined the rest of the world.

oh both of you STFU its sounding like youtube comments here

 

[silent-treatment]

Merh dont really know why we do things differently, but I really doubt that its because of some strange need to say Fuck you to the rest of the world (we use more direct methods then that). It probably has more to do with our normal vocabulary. we just like to use "the", more then "of". As in January the 1st vrs. the 1st of January.

Ohh and us not changing to this way of telling time is not the equivalence to us not switching to the metric system. Us not changing to metric is bound in retardation, cause most people dont know how many yards are in a mile. seriously fuck that system.

 

[FalloutJack]

I dunno. Why do the people doing it the other way do it that way?

 

[thedeathscythe]

I'm Canadian and I even do it that way. It's easier to remember. 01/02/03 is January/second/two thousand and three. I find it weird to go 02/01/03 because that'd be like say Second of/January/two thousand and three. I do it in the way that you would say it.

 

[ADDLibrarian]

Maybe it's to bring it in line with (what might be) the most common way Americans say it. "Today is January first, of two thousand eleven."

I would guess that, but not sure.

 

[suicide samurai]

Most likely, someone decided it was better for a filing system.

Look for the year... check.

Look at the month... check.

Then look for the day.

M/D. The year still went at the end, instead of the beginning, as years change less often.

In speech, month/day/year is a lot easier to say--more fluid, that is, but it does lack the haughty nature of "the first of January, year of our Lord, two-thousand and eleven."