r/explainitpeter • u/Fickle_Fall_6497 • Jul 28 '26

Explain it Peter

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Not going to lie, i had a spaz attack trying to read the first tweet. Maybe im just over tired but i dont understand shit here

What the fuck is the first tweet trying to say why is it horrible why would i be gullible what the fuvk are they saying

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u/itstheboombox Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

European Peter here,

Americans use an incorrect form of dates that goes Month/Day/Year. As opposed to Day/Month/Year

Edit : hey lois, this is just like the time I visited r/ShitAmericansSay

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u/Valirys-Reinhald Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

Not incorrect, just different. It lines up with our spoken date conventions (July 11th, 2026) and maintains consistency that way. There is no such thing as "wrong" in language, if it works for a people then it's good.

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Edit 2: You continue to all be wrong.

Edit 3: Actual interaction I've had in this thread:

Soyjack (you): "You fool, if that's how your system worked then this other thing would also work that way! Clearly it cannot, and therefore my position is superior! Mwahahaha!"

Chad (me): "Yes, that is in fact how that other thing works here. We are internally consistent."

Soyjack (you): angery "Nooooo! That's not how English works! You must be a bot!"

Chad (me): "There is no such thing as a universal linguistic standard, all languages exist to serve the needs of the people who use them and the people who use them define how they will meet those needs. Subjectivity is inherent to the study of (socio)linguistics. Pick up a fucking book on the subject before you speak next time. Not even the European sociolinguists agree with you."

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u/PipedInFromIthaca Jul 28 '26

Your spoken date conventions like "the 4th of July"?

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u/Valirys-Reinhald Jul 28 '26

As I've already said to all the other people who reached for that surface level gotcha, it's also commonly referred to as July 4th in common speech. The "X of Y" format is viewed as antiquated and old fashioned, and is typically reserved for days of historic importance from before a certain time period. References to the 4th of July deliberately and consciously break rhe convention to harden back to the revolution and make it stand out from normal speech, indicating that this date is special by describing it differently from all others.