Why do Americans write the date the wrong way?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Yes, there is a phasing in of the change. Whenever I take a science class, measurements are usually in metric. On cars, the speedometers have both miles per hour and kilometers per hour, though I must admit, I don’t pay attention to the kph when driving.</p>

<p>I don’t think it’s particularly important for everything to switch to one system, but people knowing both would be good.</p>

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I take it you’re not from the US? It’s really the decision of US citizens, though I must say, I don’t experience the extreme irritation you describe when I read something in metric. Also, I’d like to point out that the US got its system from Europe, and didn’t feel like changing just because other countries did. Our system is perfectly functional, though being proficient in both would be optimal for a globalized world.</p>

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<p>You know I never really thought about it as weird, well obviously as I grew up with writing the date that way xD</p>

<p>But I think I’m gonna start “forcing” myself to write the date the European way, until it becomes habit. I’m trying to become more European in case you couldn’t tell xD.</p>

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Awesome! Let’s all switch to metric!</p>

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<p>Why don’t you guys spell color the right way?</p>

<p>I wish we used the metric system though.</p>

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<p>^Lately I’ve been putting -ou, instead of -o, in my words. Like “honour”, “glamour”, etc. It looks more proper and closer to French for some reason.</p>

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<p>^^ LOL, colour all the way :)</p>

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<p>The reason the US doesn’t switch to metric mainly relies in the cost to do so.</p>

<p>Do you know how many signs there are that say “MPH” or who have a “9 Ft. Clearing”?</p>

<p>Its a lot. And it costs a lot.</p>

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<p>Speaking of trivial cultural differences, I feel like I’d have a hard time switching to driving on the left side of the road in the UK or Bolivia or Uganda or any of the other countries that do that.</p>

<p>But yeah, we write the date the same way that we say it. It’s just a culture thing, there’s nothing right or wrong about it.</p>