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It's "odd" for a person who is used to saying "third november" and not "november third", i.e the order is reversed even there. A spoken language full date form
by kzrdude 4y ago
It's "odd" for a person who is used to saying "third november" and not "november third", i.e the order is reversed even there.
A spoken language full date format for me would be like "third november 2022". That, in either in english or in my native language.
I don't know how circular this argument is (does the spoken form come from a written form of the date?). But this is what makes it odd, that in spoken form I, for example, am used to saying the date first but the "odd" date format writes the month first.
- bmitc 4y agoThat’s the type of thing I was looking for. Thanks. I’m curious about the circular reasoning as well, as the same would hold true for both preferences. Do you mind sharing what language you speak where the day is most often said first? It sometimes is said that way in English, but not as often as the other way around. It’s usually said that way when the day carries higher importance than normal. Like the 4th of July or something.
- kzrdude 4y agoSure, Swedish. I prefer day first in English as well as I understand it it's accepted and commonly used (British English). The languages I know how to say it in are all closely related to Swedish but they agree. And then Spanish uses day first too.
- int_19h 4y agoThis is the case for most Slavic languages.