'Path To 9/11' Shown Simoultaneously Around The World'....but everybody's watching 9/11 Revisited online instead

Are you and Martin twins?

Green Clogs...

Well, you are special so.

Green Clogs...

I was just making a joke.

I say the day first, as do most people in the UK.

SteveW...

SteveW...

was

SteveW...

Well I don't because my birthday is in October

But exactly if you ask me it's *XXth of October*

ou =

You're either American or a Brit trying to sound cool (especially if you say
'August 19th' and not 'August the 19th').

SteveW...

Next week we can discuss time
I say *five and twenty to ...*, you say *twenty five to ...*

Martin Jay...

LOL. The former is the method used by my grandparents. And I must
admit that I've always been fond of it. :)

Jeff Lawrence...

You should try living in Holland. In Dutch they don't say
half-past the hour but half-to. So 3:30 would be "half vier"
or "half to four". 3:25 is "5 voor half vier" or "5 minutes to half
to four" and 3:35 is "5 over half vier" or "5 minutes after half
to four".
When I first arrived here it took some getting used to and
I missed a few appointments due to mix-ups arising from either
my and the other parties misunderstanding of what time a
meeting was.
And they do actually say their number in reverse to what it
is in English. So twenty-five is "vijf en twintig" or "five and twenty"
and so on.
Cheers
Jeff

Have YOU watched 9/11 Revisited yet?

Martin Jay...

You're two months early. It's September now, not November. :)

That sort of date format really annoys me.

carmenlee23...

Add a British accent to this line and it's comedy.

Martin Jay...

Well, I am British. :)

Ian F....

Why?

carmenlee23...

I don't know--just had an image of this line coming from the actress
who plays the lead in that show "Keeping Up Appearances" or something.

SteveW...

M-d-y makes sense to me. It's how you would speak the date. September
11, 2006.

Martin Jay...

Erm, no. That's how YOU would speak it.

SteveW...

ed.

SteveW...

Thank goodness for a reason.

It's pretty obvious anybody old enough to post hear will quote dates etc=
=

in they way they have always

Other formats have their merit - but custom and practise come to the for=

Ian F....

That's how *you* would speak the date. In the UK, most of us would say
11th September 2006. It also looks better without two numbers juxtaposed.

Ian

carmenlee23...

Hence the comma between the day and year. Hey, more than one way to
skin a cat. In any case to avoid confusion at my job, at which people
from many countries work, I always write the month in there somehow,
usually the 3-letter abbreviation and the day.

is only used in:

"Canada (Although most official documents use the y-m-d format, the
m/d/y format is also understood due to influences from the United
States.)

Federated States of Micronesia

Palau

Philippines (formerly d/m/y. May still be found in certain contexts)"

and

"United States (Although Independence Day is often referred to as "the
Fourth of July.")"

Personally, I prefer to use the month in the date because It's difficult
to confuse '9 November' or 'November 9' with any other date.

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