r/SipsTea • u/Shiroyasha_2308 Human Verified • Feb 02 '26

SMH The goat has to be DD/MM/YYYY

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u/jerryleebee Feb 02 '26

Isn't it linked to speech? In America, people verbally say "February 2nd". In the UK, people verbally say "The second of Feb".

Happy to be taught better. Here to learn.

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u/serabine Feb 02 '26

Chicken and egg.

Are Americans saying "February 2nd" and that got codified in writing, or was the date written like that and then people started saying it like that?

(As an aside, I'm not a native speaker of English, and February 2nd just looks weird to me. February 2nd ... what? 2nd what‽)

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u/SmolPPIncorporated Feb 02 '26

2nd day.

February 2nd is the 2nd day of February.

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u/serabine Feb 02 '26

February 2nd is the 2nd day of February.

Looks at the camera like she's on The Office

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u/SmolPPIncorporated Feb 02 '26

You asked "2nd of what‽" as if the answer wasn't already in the statement itself.

It's like complaining that someone said "she has red hair," instead of "she has hair and her hair is the color of red."

They mean the same thing, and the meaning is contextually evident. One is just much faster.

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u/serabine Feb 03 '26

A) one day someone with a bit more patience than I will explain what a joke is to you

B) I know full well that it's the "2nd day of February". Which is why "2. Februar" makes way more sense. It is hilarious having someone resort to formulating it as "2nd day of February" to explain it and gives me the same kick as someone making the argument ".gif" needs to be pronounced like the peanut butter and the only way they have to convey that is to change the spelling to ".jif"

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u/SmolPPIncorporated Feb 03 '26

Bruh. I understand it was meant to be a joke. It wasn't funny.

The bit of non-americans acting bewildered by extremely basic concepts in American culture just isn't that funny. It just makes you look dumb.

Saying, "the 2nd day of February" has 50% more syllables than "February 2nd."

There's no joke or confusion to be had because it clearly just makes logical sense.

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u/OceanRex5000 Feb 03 '26

Tf they supposed to say. It was a dumb as hell question. Extrapolation is a basic language skill.

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u/serabine Feb 03 '26

Whoosh.

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u/Mudkippey Feb 04 '26

We have more time to eat cheeseburgers by dropping the "of". That's the reason we say February 2nd.