<p>A year is a collection of months, which are in turn collections of days. So it makes sense to write the date one way or another: day-month-year or year-month-day. Americans write: month-day-year, which is just plain weird. Anyone care to explain?</p>
<p>We’re 'murkans</p>
<p>That’s why</p>
<p>Because we don’t say 4 June 2011 or 2011 June 4.</p>
<p>We say June 4, 2011, so we write it that way.</p>
<p>Now it’d be really weird if the French wrote it the way we do, seeing as how they say “le 4 juin 2011”.</p>
<p>Even a better question -Why does America use the ridiculous Standard System of Measurement rather than the Metric System?</p>
<p>^ While the date question is dumb, I too wonder why we don’t use the metric system.</p>
<p>^^Because the metric system is elitist and socialist, duh…</p>
<p>Metric system makes sense with ordered systems of 10, but standard system is designed to match the human body and quantities most usually useful in a practical sense. Or at least what such quantities were at the time of the system’s invention. However, the main reason for not catching on is probably because we’re removed from Europe by an ocean.</p>
<p>Hell, during the French Revolution, they made a metric week (10 days). Napoleon put an end to that.</p>
<p>“Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.”
-Dave Barry</p>
<p>I saw a 2.54cm worm just the other day.</p>
<p>Probably not as interesting as the snail that was centimetering across my driveway.</p>
<p>@BillyMc But the metric system is used in every country besides the US. Were the only country in the world to use our measurement system. At some point we will have to use the metric system.</p>
<p>Hahhahahha</p>
<p>^^^Lulz, that was much better than mine.</p>
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I wasn’t advocating one or the other, just explaining the merits of each system. I don’t particularly care, though American stubbornness and current global dominance mean that the standard system will be around for at least a few more generations, but most likely much longer, in some aspect (though the metric system will likely overtake it, use of the measurements won’t be extinguished for quite some time, if they are).</p>
<p>Since I have to write the date one way in French class and another way the rest of my life, I just write 6 Nov. and leave it at that.</p>
<p>In Latin, I had to write the date differently, too. Like if I was still in Latin, today would be VI Ides November 2763 A.U.C.</p>
<p>I write how I say it, which is Nov 7, 2010. If I were in Spanish class, it would be 07 de noviembre 2010. If I recall don’t the British say it that way also. So the proper way to say it is 7th of November, 2010.</p>
<p>^^ yes. that’s the best way. </p>
<p>and it’s ridiculous the US doesn’t change to the metric system… I used to have a subscription to Nat Geo, but it got so irritating when they were measuring things in acres, miles, feet and inches.</p>
<p>We do it the way we do because we’re awesome. </p>
<p>Who cares how everyone else does it? XD</p>
<p>This reminds me of the moment when I found out the dialing code for the US was +1. Ameeeericaa f. yeah!</p>
<p>They are changing a bit, a lot of science is done in metric.
You try to suddenly switch everything throughout the country, from speed limit signs to measurements of height of people. Many people know little about the standard system, let alone metric. They’re trying to slowly phase the change, but it will be a very long time before its happened.</p>