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  1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

    The sudden realization that my 20th coincides with the last sequential date of the 21st century

    Saturday, 13-Dec-14 18:28:01 UTC from web
    1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

      @redenchilada 13/12/14

      Saturday, 13-Dec-14 18:47:22 UTC from web
      1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

        @nerthos Why do you use the wrong date format

        Saturday, 13-Dec-14 18:49:17 UTC from web
        1. Jake Jake

          @redenchilada Is it really wrong if that's the way the rest of the world writes it?

          Saturday, 13-Dec-14 18:50:04 UTC from web
          1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

            @derpy128 Of course it is because I said so

            Saturday, 13-Dec-14 18:50:57 UTC from web
        2. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

          @redenchilada Because is the one that makes sense. Either DD/MM/YYYY, or YYYY/MM/DD/HH:MM SS and so on. The system you use messes up the order of magnitude in a way that can't logically be explained.

          Saturday, 13-Dec-14 18:55:43 UTC from web
          1. Matt Matt

            @nerthos The way I see it, it's because smallest potential number/middle potential number/largest potential number. 12/31/2014, for example.

            Saturday, 13-Dec-14 18:56:54 UTC from web
            1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

              @mrmattimation Huh. You know, this is the first time someone ever gives me a somewhat valid justification for that weird system.

              Saturday, 13-Dec-14 18:58:25 UTC from web
              1. Jake Jake

                @nerthos Or we say "it's December 25th, 2014" hence 12-25-14

                Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:15:35 UTC from web
                1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                  @derpy128 Hmm. I always go for "The 25th of December, 2014"

                  Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:16:18 UTC from web
                  1. Jake Jake

                    @nerthos I suppose that's just a cultural difference. I mean, we also say color and drive on the right side of the road.

                    Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:17:33 UTC from web
                    1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                      @derpy128 I do as well, though the pronunciation for "color" is fairly different.

                      Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:20:01 UTC from web
                      1. Jake Jake

                        @nerthos Yeah, isn't it colour?

                        Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:21:09 UTC from web
                        1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                          @derpy128 Nope. It's color pronounced as "kohlóhr"

                          Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:22:49 UTC from web
                          1. Jake Jake

                            @nerthos Kill me

                            Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:23:31 UTC from web
                            1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                              @derpy128 It's pretty hard to write down castillian pronunciations so that a native english speaker can understand. I'm not versed in the standard phonetic alphabet.

                              Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:24:34 UTC from web
                              1. Coltzerino Coltzerino

                                @nerthos I got it :p

                                Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:24:52 UTC from web
                                1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                                  @coutz Good enough for me then

                                  Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:25:07 UTC from web
                                  1. supercalafrajalicticexpialadotious supercalafrajalicticexpialadotious

                                    @nerthos why can't everyone who speaks english speak the same english as everybody else and if you want to confuse everybody speak in another language thats relatively hard to learn so not many people will understand you

                                    Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:27:26 UTC from web
                                    1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                                      @stardust Likely because languages develop on their own when cut from their source. People will start taking in little traits from the languages of land that surround them, so after a few centuries two countries that used to speak exactly the same language will have noticeable variations.

                                      Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:30:57 UTC from web
                                      1. supercalafrajalicticexpialadotious supercalafrajalicticexpialadotious

                                        @nerthos like north welsh and south welsh

                                        Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:31:31 UTC from web
                                        1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                                          @stardust To be honest with you, I literally know nothing of Welsh. I couldn't recognize it when put next to another european language I didn't knew.

                                          Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:41:53 UTC from web
                                    2. Coltzerino Coltzerino

                                      @stardust If you think this is hard, try learning how to speak all variations of Spanish that exist in Latin America.

                                      Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:31:11 UTC from web
                                      1. Matt Matt

                                        @coutz I went to Mexico City once and told them I wanted to buy a new coat using a phrase I learned from Columbians and they arrested me for insulting the government. I tried to talk my way out of it using phrases I learned from Puerto Rico, but this seemed to offend the Ecuadorian ambassador who happened to be there.

                                        Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:33:04 UTC from web
                                        1. Coltzerino Coltzerino

                                          @mrmattimation That's pretty much what happens.

                                          Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:33:40 UTC from web
                                          1. supercalafrajalicticexpialadotious supercalafrajalicticexpialadotious

                                            @coutz you could have pronounced it wrong

                                            Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:35:28 UTC from web
                                            1. Coltzerino Coltzerino

                                              @stardust I is never wrong

                                              Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:36:27 UTC from web
                        2. supercalafrajalicticexpialadotious supercalafrajalicticexpialadotious

                          @derpy128 some people spell it colour because thats the way we always spell it and others spell it color because they spell words the way they sound.

                          Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:23:54 UTC from web
                  2. Jake Jake

                    @nerthos Also we have 4-way stops as opposed to the more efficient roundabout.

                    Saturday, 13-Dec-14 19:19:37 UTC from web
    2. Jake Jake

      @redenchilada http://rainbowdash.net/attachment/813722

      Saturday, 13-Dec-14 18:48:54 UTC from web