Re: OT Re: Conlang-to-body-shape connections

Tristan scripsit:

> See now, without an 'on the' before it, and forgetting that Americans
> can't write short dates, I read that as five on twenty-three[1]. Took me
> ages to work it it meant the twenty-third of the fifth. I'll never
> understand the logic[2] behind it.
The logic is that we say and write May 10, 2003, and therefore write 5/10/03.
Same order and all.  The latter is pronounced five-ten-oh-three, at least by me.

What I like is Japanese/ISO date style:  2003-05-10.  It makes date
sorting trivial.

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