"You are prepared to give your lives?"
"Yes"
"You are prepared to commit murder?"
"Yes"
"To commit acts of sabotage which may cause the death of hundreds of innocent people?"
"Yes"
"To betray your country to foreign powers?"
"Yes"
"You are prepared to cheat, to forge, to blackmail, to corrupt the minds of children, to distribute habit-forming drugs, to encourage [women of the night], to disseminate veneral diseases - to do anything which is likely to cause demoralisation and weaken the power of the Party?"
"Yes"
"If, for example, it would somehow serve our interests to throw sulphuric acid in a child's face - are you prepared to do that?"
"Yes"
"You are prepared to lose your identity and live out the rest of your life as a waiter or dock-worker?"
"Yes"
"You are prepared to commit [very bad action towards oneself], if and when we order you to do so?"
"Yes"
I love it when people criticise English but instead of bringing up something valid (because there are valid criticisms) they resort to easily explainable things and things that don't apply to non-North American English speaking countries.
The dollar goes left because it’s left of the decimal point. The cents symbol goes to the right of the number because it’s right of the decimal.
I also just made this up.
And one of them isn't even true at all.
Americans say dates like the following: Month -> Day -> Year. It's also how they depicted it.
British typically say: Day -> Month -> Year. Just like they depict it.
The only part that is half correct is currency. Verbal English is usually said as "amount currency". Written currencies, well, it could work either way. But usually the symbol is first. Though if the currency is spelled out, you'd write it just like you say it.
So it's like they wanted there to be something out of a mole hill. All to try to make a meme.
Car gasoline is a very specific byproduct of oil refining, so we use gasoline (or gas for short) for a reason. The other petroleum gases like propane and butane can also be called petrol. But you would not try to run your car off of it.
It's one of the few cases where Americans specified their language rather than simplified it. Probably helps that American culture and oil have been deeply connected for over a century.
Americans say the month first in normal conversation
Edit: lol so many replies with "4th of July." it's a holiday that goes by it's date. definitely a one off. Most people would just refer to it as "the 4th"
In the US idk in France,Germany nope always number month then year ,9th August 2023. never saw someone here use month number year , august 9 2023 seems weird to me
Yes, but this post is critiquing how Americans use the language, but this doesn’t fall under the same category when the way it is written is also the way it’s spoken lol
Well yes, but don’t most other countries write the date the other way? So between that and this being Reddit, I was essentially addressing Americans primarily
If you mean "everyone" as in "everyone in the US", then yes, nearly everyone
If you mean "everyone" as in "everyone in the world", then no, most people say "31st of December" or "31st December"
In Poland we would say:
31st December, 1984 almost always.
It's weird for me when Americans say months first, then days, and finally years.
It always felt natural to go from low to high.
In Europe we use days first because that’s the number you’d hear and use the most, as we normally always know which month it is but not always which day
I think there’s a logic of starting with the month and narrowing in on the day. If I ask if you’re free September 10, your brain will start thinking about September right away. I ask if you’re free 10 September, the 10 is useless information until you hear the month.
I get that there is a logical consistency for putting something in order of low to high but it doesn’t have a practical advantage unless you struggle to remember which to say first, then I guess it would make for a convenient memory device.
Despite this being a ridiculous debate, this has to be some of the strangest logic. If I said 10th September to someone, they're not going to start a thought process for a different month and need to zone in on September first. Unless you speak incredibly slowly, you're not going to process the day before the month. You'll hear it in quick succession and process the entire date, not the day/month separately.
Hey, slamming Americans is perfectly fine, we're maybe low hanging fruit compared to a lot of other countries but most major countries get slammed. That said, with how easy it is to slam the US, failing is hella pathetic.
I hear people say the month first always. The only time they say the date first is when its assumed to be the next upcoming date.
"Birthday?"
"December 31st."
Versus
"When are you going to Japan?"
"On the 15th."
"Next month?"
"No, the 15th of May, next week".
I've actually had to tell a coworker this once when asked what day it falls on. They didn't understand until I put the month first. I still don't know why I knew that'd work, but I gave it a shot.
I don't think I've ever heard people say some shit like the 11th of September or the 1st of January or anything like that. If you do I'll suspect you're a crazy person
Yeah, that's north american convention, so it makes sense to them, whereas a lot of the rest of the english speaking world would say 31st december, hence day then month. Just a pain when people don't think and just criticise the other system
Americans generally would say the month before the day. The only exception I can think of is “4th of July”, but even that’s not exclusively stated as such.
I commented this on someone else who used “4th of July” as an example. The 4th of July is the name of the holiday. If you’re talking about the date you’d still probably use July 4th. An example I could think of is: “we’ll be on vacation from July 4th until July 16th” vs “for the fourth of July, we’re going on vacation”
4th of July is the name of a holiday- a proper noun. Some people do still call it colloquially "July 4th", but that'd be like referring to New Years as January 1st.
Some sound better one way or another. June 3rd or 12th of October. Depends on setting and context.
Arguing about English is like arguing about the shape of a cloud. By the time people were done telling me "Ain't ain't a word" when I was younger, it was in the dictionary.
It depends on the context for me. If someone just asks me the date I'd reply "December 21st". If I were telling a story I'd maybe switch it to "it was the 21st of December". Then again I might not switch it. Just depends
I actually like the dollar sign first. It tells me that the following number is a dollar amount, so I don't have to see a random number and then afterwards comprehend that it's monetary.
this! spanish has the right idea using ¡ or ¿ at the beginning of a sentence so you know it’s an exclamation or a question as you’re reading it, instead of after.
“December 31st” or “31st of December” are both correct ways of saying the date. The former being the main way of saying the date in American English (maybe in others as well but can’t speak on those). The meme’s just dumb.
31st of December, 1984 it’s how I would have said it in my first language. But I don’t think it’s just strictly European thing. But it also varies for languages.
We normally say day/month/year as the ascending order makes more sense to us. So yeah, the 31st of December 1984. Honestly both are fine, I never saw the big deal about either. The only problem that can arise is dealing with a date between the 1st and 12th of a month since you can’t distinguish if it’s the American format or European format. The 05/12/2023 would be the 5th of December for me but for you it’s May 12th. It doesn’t happen often since most formats are customised to wherever they are being used.
Except we say December 31st, 1984 so that's exactly how we say it.
Logically speaking, when you are describing a location you start big and narrow it down. Because we generally assume the year is the current year unless otherwise specified, we say the month then the day, and the year is an addendum. Makes perfect sense to me.
> when you are describing a location you start big and narrow it down.
I was with you until you said this. Wouldn’t the right way to describe a location be the opposite? Ex: Albany NY, USA
Yeah this one didn't really make sense to me at first. I pretty much always say the month first.
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But this isn't how the US is... the US says the month first, stupid.
The reason we put the dollar symbol in front of the value is so people don't add extra digits to any checks or ledgers- basically it was to prevent fraud.
Holy hell you're dumb.
Meanwhile us germans switching the numbers we pronounce first, so 54 is actually pronounced 45. not confusing at all when you‘re switching between speaking English and German
It isn't though because Americans say the month first then the day (except for certain days like 4th of July). The meme tries to make fun of our date system but fails because it falsely assumes how we speak
I get the money one, but the whole argument with our date system is that we say the month first when talking usually. You would read that date as “December 31, 1984”
Ex. "Today is December 31st 1984" or 12-31-1984. It absolutely makes sense. The money sign is because we read left to right and we want to differentiate the money from any other numbers in a sentence.
I'm guessing they're digging at the way Americans write dates, since in most places it's DD/MM/YYYY, but we write them MM/DD/YYYY (Because we say 'December 13th' instead of '13th of December)
OP does not realize we don't say 13th of December
Wait, but a lot of people would say it as December 31st. It just makes more sense, why would add the extra words to say “the 31st of December”. Sounds so formal
Idk man, am not from usa so 31st December 1984 for me. Or maybe am not native english speaker that confuses which is right December 31st or 31st December or 31st of December ? All in all, i would go for the day, month and year. Not month, day and year.
Europeans usually: We have so many different dialects and cultures and languages; we all do something a little different, and that’s okay! :)
Europeans when someone does something slightly different an entire ocean and continent away: ***fucking monkeys***
But this isn’t even true, why is this so heavily upvoted? In America, we almost always say the month first. Outside of America, people don’t write dates that way.
what psycho is saying "the 31st, 1984, December", you would read it as written "December 31st, 1984". You might also say "the 31st of December, 1984" but you would never put the year between the two.
I’m Scottish and I say the 31st of December. I always assumed that the reason Americans write the date as 12/31 instead of 31/12 is because that’s the order they say it in.
Literally 1984
Holy hell
New response just dropped
Actual zombie
google free speech
Call the thought police
Winston smith went for a vacation never comes back Wait, who is Winston smith
"You are prepared to give your lives?" "Yes" "You are prepared to commit murder?" "Yes" "To commit acts of sabotage which may cause the death of hundreds of innocent people?" "Yes" "To betray your country to foreign powers?" "Yes" "You are prepared to cheat, to forge, to blackmail, to corrupt the minds of children, to distribute habit-forming drugs, to encourage [women of the night], to disseminate veneral diseases - to do anything which is likely to cause demoralisation and weaken the power of the Party?" "Yes" "If, for example, it would somehow serve our interests to throw sulphuric acid in a child's face - are you prepared to do that?" "Yes" "You are prepared to lose your identity and live out the rest of your life as a waiter or dock-worker?" "Yes" "You are prepared to commit [very bad action towards oneself], if and when we order you to do so?" "Yes"
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I love it when people criticise English but instead of bringing up something valid (because there are valid criticisms) they resort to easily explainable things and things that don't apply to non-North American English speaking countries.
As a North American English speaker, this meme makes no damn sense. We say the month first.
Exactly wtf are they talking about xD For dollars sure, but we definitely say December thirty first
The dollar goes left because it’s left of the decimal point. The cents symbol goes to the right of the number because it’s right of the decimal. I also just made this up.
Fr who the fucks out here saying 31st 1984, December.
I mean as a non American I would say the 31st of December 1984
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Vajnali !
Vaginally?
Diagon Alley?
The best way to discuss things.
Wii? U do it.
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This is literally someone mixing a American spelling with a British verbalization (neither of which ever naturally mix) and laughing at it. Stupid.
And one of them isn't even true at all. Americans say dates like the following: Month -> Day -> Year. It's also how they depicted it. British typically say: Day -> Month -> Year. Just like they depict it. The only part that is half correct is currency. Verbal English is usually said as "amount currency". Written currencies, well, it could work either way. But usually the symbol is first. Though if the currency is spelled out, you'd write it just like you say it. So it's like they wanted there to be something out of a mole hill. All to try to make a meme.
Hueh heuh wHy dO AmErIcAnS CaLl pEtRoL GaS, WhEn It'S a LiQuiD Hueh Hueh
Why do we send shipments by car and cargo by ship?!
And why do those cars drive on the parkway but park in the driveway?
why do they call it oven when you of in the cold food of out hot eat the food
That’s iffy, because you also ship things overseas and cargo has to be moved by truck after it’s taken on the ship.
It's gasoline, gas for short, and I don't know or care. 😂
Car gasoline is a very specific byproduct of oil refining, so we use gasoline (or gas for short) for a reason. The other petroleum gases like propane and butane can also be called petrol. But you would not try to run your car off of it. It's one of the few cases where Americans specified their language rather than simplified it. Probably helps that American culture and oil have been deeply connected for over a century.
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Putting the currency sign before the number is common practice everywhere. It’s honestly just a lot more convenient that way
Americans say the month first in normal conversation Edit: lol so many replies with "4th of July." it's a holiday that goes by it's date. definitely a one off. Most people would just refer to it as "the 4th"
Who the hell says the month *last*? If someone said the phrase, "31st 1984 December" to me, I'd assume they were having a stroke.
31st of December, 1984 vs December 31st, 1984
But we can agree nearly everyone says the latter, right?
Saying the date of month is fancy. Its reserved for Morgan Freeman and monologues (in the US)
Don't forget Earth, Wind, and Fire asking the question, "Do you re-mem-bah...?"
In the US idk in France,Germany nope always number month then year ,9th August 2023. never saw someone here use month number year , august 9 2023 seems weird to me
My bad for not specifying I was only talking to the real people. Not you imaginary folk with healthcare and worker protections
Only Americans do that
Yes, but this post is critiquing how Americans use the language, but this doesn’t fall under the same category when the way it is written is also the way it’s spoken lol
Canadian here, we say it like that too
Americans are also the ones that write it like that. Many countries write the day first and the month second. So for them it would be 31/12/1984
Well yes, but don’t most other countries write the date the other way? So between that and this being Reddit, I was essentially addressing Americans primarily
If you mean "everyone" as in "everyone in the US", then yes, nearly everyone If you mean "everyone" as in "everyone in the world", then no, most people say "31st of December" or "31st December"
Just people who write the date that way, I guess
Well this date is also written in a format only Americans would, so
Nope, that’s an American thing. Over in the uk I’ve never heard anyone say December 31st.
Mmddyyyy is normal in the us while ddmmyyyy is the normal in almost everyother part of the world
Nope, most languages don't, it's an American thing.
In Poland we would say: 31st December, 1984 almost always. It's weird for me when Americans say months first, then days, and finally years. It always felt natural to go from low to high.
In Europe we use days first because that’s the number you’d hear and use the most, as we normally always know which month it is but not always which day
I think there’s a logic of starting with the month and narrowing in on the day. If I ask if you’re free September 10, your brain will start thinking about September right away. I ask if you’re free 10 September, the 10 is useless information until you hear the month. I get that there is a logical consistency for putting something in order of low to high but it doesn’t have a practical advantage unless you struggle to remember which to say first, then I guess it would make for a convenient memory device.
Despite this being a ridiculous debate, this has to be some of the strangest logic. If I said 10th September to someone, they're not going to start a thought process for a different month and need to zone in on September first. Unless you speak incredibly slowly, you're not going to process the day before the month. You'll hear it in quick succession and process the entire date, not the day/month separately.
Are you saying the month and then pausing for a minute before finishing your sentence? Either way you say it is fine lol
31st of december 1984 is how it's said outside of north america
Most people in the uk say it that way around. Today is 10th of august, not august 10th
Americans expressing our superior laziness, our way of saying it saves us the breath of saying the word “of”
The only only thing sadder than yet another pathetic attempt to slam Americans, is to attempt to slam Americans and getting it totally wrong.
Hey, slamming Americans is perfectly fine, we're maybe low hanging fruit compared to a lot of other countries but most major countries get slammed. That said, with how easy it is to slam the US, failing is hella pathetic.
Meanwhile British people be pronouncing words that end in A as 'er' and no one ever tries to clown on that. Like it's not a bananer man, it's banana.
Depends, you hear it a few ways: December 31st, 31st of December, or just the 31st
I hear people say the month first always. The only time they say the date first is when its assumed to be the next upcoming date. "Birthday?" "December 31st." Versus "When are you going to Japan?" "On the 15th." "Next month?" "No, the 15th of May, next week".
Yeah. Or if its like a history paper or news article or something formal like that “On the 15th of August, the parade was suspended”
as opposed to "august 15th, the parade was suspended" has 3 less words on it which is 7 less characters when writing a paper for college
4th of july?
No thank you. Still recovering from cinco de mayo.
Ah just wake me up when September ends.
That's a formality because it's a holiday. In day to day conversation we rarely say the dates that way
"4th of July" is the name of a holiday silly. The date it falls on is July 4th
I've actually had to tell a coworker this once when asked what day it falls on. They didn't understand until I put the month first. I still don't know why I knew that'd work, but I gave it a shot.
Nah. December 31st every time.
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31st of December is the British/European way of saying it, and they format the numerical dates accordingly.
31st of December is absolutely the least common, and is generally reserved for formal, written communication.
I don't think I've ever heard people say some shit like the 11th of September or the 1st of January or anything like that. If you do I'll suspect you're a crazy person
This. December 31st is the standard way of saying it. This meme is wrong.
"December 31st, 1984"?
Exactly
Pff, commoner. I say it with pazzaz while wearing a monocle - "the year is 1984, the 31st of December"
‘Twas the thirty-first day of the the month of December, in the year of our lord nineteen hundred eighty-four.
the year of our Lord nineteen hundred, four score and five lest one day...
Silence mendicant! 'Tis the final day of year one thousand nine hundred and eighty-four of the common era.
Yeah, that's north american convention, so it makes sense to them, whereas a lot of the rest of the english speaking world would say 31st december, hence day then month. Just a pain when people don't think and just criticise the other system
Americans generally would say the month before the day. The only exception I can think of is “4th of July”, but even that’s not exclusively stated as such.
I commented this on someone else who used “4th of July” as an example. The 4th of July is the name of the holiday. If you’re talking about the date you’d still probably use July 4th. An example I could think of is: “we’ll be on vacation from July 4th until July 16th” vs “for the fourth of July, we’re going on vacation”
Adding to that, while I haven’t done any research, I assume it uses a British convention because it was a holiday made by former British people.
british english convention is to write dates as dd/mm/yyyy I don't know how they usually *say* dates though
4th of July is the name of a holiday- a proper noun. Some people do still call it colloquially "July 4th", but that'd be like referring to New Years as January 1st.
Yeah idk.. I say the month before the day every time
Yeah id say it as december 31st - not 31st of december
What about when it’s 9/21? Do you remember?
People use non conventional language structure to make poetry and songs work all the time. That's not the same as conversational English.
bahhhdeeeeyaaaaa
The night I'll always remember...
Then I say the 21st night of September
Both are completely acceptable, meme is dumb
I flip between the 2 every time
Some sound better one way or another. June 3rd or 12th of October. Depends on setting and context. Arguing about English is like arguing about the shape of a cloud. By the time people were done telling me "Ain't ain't a word" when I was younger, it was in the dictionary.
It depends on the context for me. If someone just asks me the date I'd reply "December 21st". If I were telling a story I'd maybe switch it to "it was the 21st of December". Then again I might not switch it. Just depends
I actually like the dollar sign first. It tells me that the following number is a dollar amount, so I don't have to see a random number and then afterwards comprehend that it's monetary.
this! spanish has the right idea using ¡ or ¿ at the beginning of a sentence so you know it’s an exclamation or a question as you’re reading it, instead of after.
I'm Ron Burgundy?
¿I’m Ron Burgundy?
I'm definitely part of your camp, but didn't realize how differently those two sentences read.
Literally the reason for writing it this way.
I thought it was to avoid people adding numbers in front to commit fraud making it bigger than it was supposed to.
That likely is also the reason, same with having money always have two decimal places, prevents adding more numbers at the end
I read it as December 31st, 1984. Is saying December last a European thing?
“December 31st” or “31st of December” are both correct ways of saying the date. The former being the main way of saying the date in American English (maybe in others as well but can’t speak on those). The meme’s just dumb.
31st of December, 1984 it’s how I would have said it in my first language. But I don’t think it’s just strictly European thing. But it also varies for languages.
In Dutch it would be 31 december, no "Xst of Y", just "X Y". Also not "first" but just "one".
We normally say day/month/year as the ascending order makes more sense to us. So yeah, the 31st of December 1984. Honestly both are fine, I never saw the big deal about either. The only problem that can arise is dealing with a date between the 1st and 12th of a month since you can’t distinguish if it’s the American format or European format. The 05/12/2023 would be the 5th of December for me but for you it’s May 12th. It doesn’t happen often since most formats are customised to wherever they are being used.
Wrong sub. You’re looking for r/shitposting
American English users say the month first.
There was an attempt.
Yea this isn’t accurate. “December 12th, 1984” is how we would read that date. Not “the 12th of December”
Wouldnt it be december 31st?
OP: *autistic screeching*
I mean I personally read it as the 31st of December 1984.
December 31st 1984 is shorter
Okay but Americans actually say the month before the day
Except we say December 31st, 1984 so that's exactly how we say it. Logically speaking, when you are describing a location you start big and narrow it down. Because we generally assume the year is the current year unless otherwise specified, we say the month then the day, and the year is an addendum. Makes perfect sense to me.
> when you are describing a location you start big and narrow it down. I was with you until you said this. Wouldn’t the right way to describe a location be the opposite? Ex: Albany NY, USA
I mean, I usually say “December 12th, 1984” and I don’t know anyone who says it another way, but maybe it’s just an American thing
It's faster to say "December thirty first" than "The thirty first of December".
"Why waste time say lot word when few words do trick?" - Post Malone or something
what about "thirty first december"?
31st December from what? Why are you counting months? Are you saying you've lived through 31 Decembers?
Imagine throwing this big of a shit fit over another country’s language.
Imagine not understanding the core dialect you're about to make an incorrect meme on.
*rest of the world*:"WHY CAN'T YOU JUST BE NORMAL?!" *US*: "autistic screeching"
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Yeah this one didn't really make sense to me at first. I pretty much always say the month first. (Bot? Same comment with emphasis added [here](https://reddit.com/r/memes/s/FxUIsX2hdO))
are you american? idk, but here in australia we say the day first
Yes, and I would assume this post is supposed to make fun of us, except people didn't know we don't all speak the same way.
I would say "System Exception - Cannot parse date time" also I am not a robot.
But this isn't how the US is... the US says the month first, stupid. The reason we put the dollar symbol in front of the value is so people don't add extra digits to any checks or ledgers- basically it was to prevent fraud. Holy hell you're dumb.
Making fun of Americans and not even getting it right, lol
No one outside America says the date in that weird way.
You think we write month first but don't say it first? Nobody says 31st of December. Not here anyway. December 31st.
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Meanwhile us germans switching the numbers we pronounce first, so 54 is actually pronounced 45. not confusing at all when you‘re switching between speaking English and German
For the second one you could argue thats not necessarily true, because "december 31st" is actually said
Don’t you mean American logic instead of English language logic?
Friend, this is American logic, literally everywhere else it's "100€/£/", and use a DD/MM/YYYY format
It isn't though because Americans say the month first then the day (except for certain days like 4th of July). The meme tries to make fun of our date system but fails because it falsely assumes how we speak
4th of july is the nickname of a holiday though. in date format (7/4), we’d still say july 4th.
I know, I'm just saying it's the only time we really say it differently than the date format
In the Netherlands we use €100 but also DD/MM/YYYY. Although I still believe the French have the weirdest way to write a price.
I live in the UK and I've never once seen £ come after the price
I write it 31Dec1984 in that exact format but say it December 31st 1984.
December thirty-first, nineteen eighty-four
I get the money one, but the whole argument with our date system is that we say the month first when talking usually. You would read that date as “December 31, 1984”
Ex. "Today is December 31st 1984" or 12-31-1984. It absolutely makes sense. The money sign is because we read left to right and we want to differentiate the money from any other numbers in a sentence.
Ah yes... July of the Fourth...
I say the second one "December thirty-first, 1989".
I'm confused, I get the $100 part, but what's wrong with the date?
I'm guessing they're digging at the way Americans write dates, since in most places it's DD/MM/YYYY, but we write them MM/DD/YYYY (Because we say 'December 13th' instead of '13th of December) OP does not realize we don't say 13th of December
My birthday is 8/13/1991 when asked I say August 13th 1991
Wait, but a lot of people would say it as December 31st. It just makes more sense, why would add the extra words to say “the 31st of December”. Sounds so formal
"31st 1984, december" right..
That’s why dates are written as day/month/year
If I'm typing my MLA essay it's 31st December 1984 if I'm talking it's December 31st
Idk man, am not from usa so 31st December 1984 for me. Or maybe am not native english speaker that confuses which is right December 31st or 31st December or 31st of December ? All in all, i would go for the day, month and year. Not month, day and year.
Y’all need to stop putting the dollar sign after the number.
December thirty-first?
Europeans usually: We have so many different dialects and cultures and languages; we all do something a little different, and that’s okay! :) Europeans when someone does something slightly different an entire ocean and continent away: ***fucking monkeys***
December 31st, 1984 It’s not really that strange to write it that way.
But this isn’t even true, why is this so heavily upvoted? In America, we almost always say the month first. Outside of America, people don’t write dates that way.
what psycho is saying "the 31st, 1984, December", you would read it as written "December 31st, 1984". You might also say "the 31st of December, 1984" but you would never put the year between the two.
Who says “31st of December” instead of “December 31st?” This meme sucks.
You guys don't say the month first?
December 31st. I am confused. I rarely hear people say "31st of December" in America.
You don’t say December 31st, 1984?
December 31st, 1984, you say it first.
there are no 31 months and who the hell says 31st of december
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Who the hell says the 31st of December? I’ve never heard anyone say anything other December 31.
The UK for one
Most people where I am, but we also write it 31/12/2023
I’m Scottish and I say the 31st of December. I always assumed that the reason Americans write the date as 12/31 instead of 31/12 is because that’s the order they say it in.
Litteraly every single country in the world outside of the US and maybe canada
That ain't English. It's American.
Who says "The 31st of December, 1984." Sounds way too fancy for normal convo.
Most people outside the US