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Article #32Re: 2013 21 Aug
From: Cheryl
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:23
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On 02/01/2013 7:13 AM, Peter Brooks wrote: > On Jan 2, 12:25 pm, "Nick from England" <pacif...@btopenworld.com> > wrote: >> "odraudeo@ hotmail.com" <odrau...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:31f7d317-dda1-4d52-a541-306f6b69d64c@d4g2000vbw.googlegroups.com... >> >>> ���� >> >> I used to put 'the 21st. August 2013', but I was told at college last >> February I should put '21 Aug 2013' and that the former was "*so* >> old-fashioned" :-D >> > I thought people did it because they didn't know any better, not > because they thought it was modern! > > When I turn on the radio occasionally, I hear advertisements saying > that something is going to happen on 'twenty January' - I think they > find it difficult to get actors who can pronounce the 'th', so they > just give up and leave it out. Actors who can speak properly are, no > doubt, much more expensive, so you can understand them going for the > cheaper option. > I like the form 2013-01-01 because in Canada I sometimes see the US version and sometimes the UK one and get confused. So I confuse everyone who is unfamiliar with the version I prefer instead. -- Cheryl
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From: Cheryl <cperkins@mun.ca>
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Subject: Re: 2013 21 Aug
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