It doesn't. You can easily see this by searching British media for the phrase "said Thursday" or the like. It's the same construction. https://www.google.com/s

It doesn't. You can easily see this by searching British media for the phrase "said Thursday" or the like. It's the same construction. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=M7w&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=site%3Awww.guardian.co.uk+%22said+thursday%22&oq=site%3Awww.guardian.co.uk+%22said+thursday%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=se&gs_upl=6824l11775l0l11897l22l21l0l16l0l0l339l832l1.3.0.1l5l0 https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&#38...