this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
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No, the US just chose this order and speaks it the same way. I don't speak it this way, you're just used to it (just like everyone is to the way they speak it)
Yeah, but in proper English, as spoken in England, we would say "9th of August, not August the 9th"
Just like the comment above mine wrote it