SaraMGMay 1, 2023

Y'all, America desperately needs to embrace the metric system.

Fer reals.

Show threadADHDel-DRAFT-v10-final (2).docMay 2, 2023
@saramg @lmgenealogy …and start writing your dates the same way as every other country.
Show threadLynn McAlister UE  
@del @saramg I agree, but I was interested to notice, while studying history in Scotland, that the system of dates now considered uniquely American was formerly used in the UK as well.
May 2, 2023 at 1:50amWeb
Show threadADHDel-DRAFT-v10-final (2).docMay 2, 2023

@lmgenealogy @saramg Much like lots of our language we likely moved to distance ourselves from the US when they went their own way.

I like that our date is more human-relevant yet we use Celsius for temperature. The US use human-relevant Fahrenheit but then mess up their dates!

Show threadLynn McAlister UE  May 2, 2023
@del @saramg Alas, it doesn't matter where you go, there will be *something* irrational.