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OogieBoogie · F
Straylight · 31-35, F
@OogieBoogie At the time of the US being colonies, mm/dd/yyyy format was popular in England and widely used in newspapers. When it fell out of favor in exchange for the simpler dd/mm/yyyy, America was an I dependent nation a wasn’t really culturally exchanging with England anymore.
OogieBoogie · F
@Straylight i understand it was something that came with the settlers. But then so did spelling ...so it's odd that somethings adopted, while others changed .
@OogieBoogie spelling and language is an entirely different animal. I'm not sure language will ever stop evolving. I saw this the other day and found it interesting. It shows there's a lot more to spelling and the way we speak than the format of a date.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3A0WdlM_us/?igsh=a2txeWQ3eTI5dGdv
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3A0WdlM_us/?igsh=a2txeWQ3eTI5dGdv
OogieBoogie · F
@SooperSarah language is definitely organic - I argue this point often myself .
That was interesting about 'February'.
I'm not complaining, it just doesn't lay right in my own logic ....you know , smallest to biggest time durations.
It's like that feeling when you open the drawer, and someone has put the forks where the spoons go ...😅
That was interesting about 'February'.
I'm not complaining, it just doesn't lay right in my own logic ....you know , smallest to biggest time durations.
It's like that feeling when you open the drawer, and someone has put the forks where the spoons go ...😅
@OogieBoogie I 100% get it! When I worked at a grocery store we carried a lot of imported items. Is that expiration date january 12th or december 1st... 🤔
OogieBoogie · F
@SooperSarah I never thought of that ! 🤔
Geez....that's kinda important .
And a real bugger to get wrong .
Geez....that's kinda important .
And a real bugger to get wrong .
@OogieBoogie it's the one time I hoped my stockers didn't rotate things so I could find clues on some older stuffs buried at the back lol
I don't really care which one makes sense. I just wish there was one standard. We all write time the same way. If all we knew was a mm:hr format we'd think nothing of it not "making sense." The problem is when we're presented with options and everyone likes theirs the most.
I don't really care which one makes sense. I just wish there was one standard. We all write time the same way. If all we knew was a mm:hr format we'd think nothing of it not "making sense." The problem is when we're presented with options and everyone likes theirs the most.
OogieBoogie · F
@SooperSarah OH...I AGREE !
same with shoe and clothing sizes 😡😡
Why can't we all just say - "hey, let's all get on the same wavelength, and choose a universal system".
But we are so typically human - pride before practicality 🙄
Or.....put a symbol next to the date so you know which system it is - you know, like money prices.....how hard is that ?🤷
same with shoe and clothing sizes 😡😡
Why can't we all just say - "hey, let's all get on the same wavelength, and choose a universal system".
But we are so typically human - pride before practicality 🙄
Or.....put a symbol next to the date so you know which system it is - you know, like money prices.....how hard is that ?🤷
@OogieBoogie that sounds so simple! But it's changing a standard to help someone else. "Let them change theirs instead"
OogieBoogie · F
@SooperSarah exactly .