Comment on How long until we can start shorting years to 2 numbers again?
morphballganon@lemmy.world 1 day agoThey are correctly listing the month first.
You say the day first, the person listening has exactly 0 idea what the hell you’re talking about until you get to the month.
You say the month first, and they understand, and can form an understanding of your whole message faster than if you made them wait by saying the day first.
“When are you getting married?”
“Twenty-second of February”
/^ until February was said, the listener could glean nothing of value at all from the speaker.
The logic is that you start with the smallest and end with the largest. Instead of mixing them up like some lunatic.
And your 22 of February argument is worthless, since it is also important to know the actual day in order to be at the wedding.
Otherwise, the year is more important than the month, so by your own logic you should say the year 2026 February the 22th.
Context is everything.
“When are you guys coming over?”
“We were thinking 20th, but I couldn’t get off work then, so 21st it is.”
If you’re in that conversation, you’d be perfectly clear of what’s up. Imagine having to append “of December” to both dates (or also the year for that matter).
Fetus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What is that holiday Americans celebrate by blowing their fingers off with firecrackers?
This is how conversations work. By the end of the sentence, you know what someone has said.
How long is the pause in your speech between words that you have to worry about losing someone’s attention after a single word?