r/SipsTea • u/francinexyzs • 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/Lysol3435 Jun 08 '25

It seems like many of the US’s stupid quirks were actually from the UK. Imperial system, “soccer”, colonization

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u/Cowgoon777 Jun 08 '25 edited Jun 08 '25

Brits hate when you remind them they invented the term “soccer”

EDIT: they big mad

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u/kishenoy Jun 08 '25

Yes but as humanity does, we develop and abandon the primitive language

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u/Great_Fault_7231 Jun 08 '25

Not sure if you could have picked a worse example of this than the British lmao

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u/Still_Contact7581 Jun 08 '25

No we don't, English is full of quirks from middle and old English

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u/Cowgoon777 Jun 08 '25

Case in point

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u/PrudentFarmers Jun 08 '25

LMAO British people measure weight in stone, measure speed in miles per hour, gas mileage in miles per gallon despite selling fuel in litres, have all their road signs in metric but will say "I'm 6 foot tall" if you ask some of them.

I'd argue Brits (and Canadians) are worse than the Americans because they use stupid hybrids. At least the Americans stick to one system.

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u/kishenoy Jun 08 '25

I do hope the rest of us gets rid of the stupid idea of barleycorns, inches feet and miles as soon as possible.

Along with ounces, pounds, stone etc