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Re: [LUG] OT: Spelling religious war flamebait

 

On 12/12/12 15:10, Philip Hudson wrote:
On 11 Dec, 2012, at 2:41 pm, Julian Hall wrote:

I think we all agree though that MM/DD/YYYY is confusing though?

But we've already established that this is no reason to abandon The Way Things Are, right? Nor is irrationality, difficulty, inconsistency, stupidity...

Those who insist on keeping UK spelling, should you not also accept -- even applaud -- US date ordering? And clamor for its adoption here? Would it not be more in keeping with perverse UK spelling than the rational date notation we do in fact use, and therefore, I don't know, somehow better?

Just call me Socrates.

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