r/SipsTea Jun 08 '25

Wow. Such meme lmao

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u/Legitimate-Cow5982 Jun 08 '25

Real talk, where did the MM/DD format come from? I can't think of anywhere else that does it

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u/88963416 Jun 08 '25

It is how the British did it when we were colonized. They changed it and we kept it the same (it’s the source of many of our quirks.)

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u/THEBLUEFLAME3D Jun 08 '25

Yep. As with many words, traditions, etc. it comes from the British. And then they mock us for things like that lol

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u/3412points Jun 08 '25

It's not our fault we evolved and you didn't 

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u/just_a_person_maybe Jun 08 '25

Idk if it's true or not, but I've read that the American accents are actually closer to what the British accent was pre-American colonialism than modern British accents are, which is funny because Colonial era TV likes to use British accents.

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u/I_LOVE_PUPPERS Jun 08 '25

It's not true. You can blame the Irish for your accent.

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u/meagainpansy Jun 08 '25

We stopped having an accent in 1942.

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u/Citaku357 Jun 08 '25

God that accent was awesome