Why do Americans do the date differently?

[RewardMe]

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 I think it's cute that your perception of England is out of date by about 100 years but, you really shouldn't display your ignorance so openly.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....

You're a good guy, mate. A proper englishman. But ya can't win a argument with a guy who has the mentality of a twelve year old. Fuck him.

 

[TheProfessor134]

Because any other arrangement would make pi day impossible?

This.. And mole day too! :3

 

[major28]

same reason we dont use the metric system, because we are America, we are better than you, and if you want to talk to us you have to change the way you do things.

 

[major28]

same reason we dont use the metric system, because we are America, we are better than you, and if you want to talk to us you have to change the way you do things.

 

[Rockchimp69]

Can some American escapists tell me why you guys do the date like this : month/day/year
instead of in order like this: day/month/year?
(I would have just google'd this but its better to get a wider range of answers and I wouldn't know how to phrase the question)

Why do YOU do it differently?

In Canada, it goes either way, which gets annoying.

It's probably because going day/month/year means it's in order.

That must be annoying, they should start doing it month/day/year since their right next to the USA.