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Re: DATES CORRECTION!!!
Carl von Einem 2006-Feb-08 23:14:00
Oh, talking about language borders: if someone in Charlotte, North
Carolina asks you for the time: don't reply with something like "It's
half past 2"... you will look into amazed eyes with a big question mark
inside. A "two thirty" works perfectly. Happened to me. :-)
From: Richard Crowest <#removed#>
>> > 15/02/2006 Italian way
>> > 02/15/2006 british/american way
>
> Just for clarification, in Britain it's day/month/year as well. I don't know
> how the division came about, but I can only guess it's from the American
> habit of saying "February 15th" instead of "15th of February" as is more
> usual here. At least when the day gets past the 12th, there's no danger of
> confusion...
Sure about that? ;-)