>>51816056linguistically speaking, it’s archaic phrasing that has stuck around because it’s distinguished. i can reasonably assume that the dates used to be read as “The X of Y” and since it because a proper noun (a holiday) the same name has been used while the rest of the dates have changed to be said as “Month Xth”. Similar to “amok” and “ado” in “run amok” and “without further ado” respectively. they’re.
>>51813339>>51813412>>51815756as for the dating format, it’s quite funny how everyone acts as if it’s a murican thing when in reality it was the standard system used IN ENGLAND at the time and up into the 1900s when they changed to be more in line with the rest of europe.
>>51815820I’m also gonna assume that this is purely coincidental as that format was used in england long before the shift in syntax (presumably) occurred
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