tronk@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-23 years ago[OC] A bit cliché by now, but it still got me as I read the Tidyverse's documentationmessage-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up115arrow-down1message-square[OC] A bit cliché by now, but it still got me as I read the Tidyverse's documentationtronk@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-23 years agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years agoI’m guessing, it’s related to speech, because in American English you do usually say e.g. “May 31st”, not “the 31st of May”. No idea how that difference in speech originated, though.
I’m guessing, it’s related to speech, because in American English you do usually say e.g. “May 31st”, not “the 31st of May”. No idea how that difference in speech originated, though.