Americans, why do you call it "4th of July" when you write date formats "Month/Day" supposedly because you all say "July 4th"?
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[–]teelo[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (2 children)
But why do you refer to the holiday by its date rather than the actual name of the holiday?
[–]PostmodernJukebox 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
a lot of us consider "the 4th of july" another name for the holiday not just a descriptor of the date....
[–]theFriendlyDoomer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
I am just conjecturing here, but I think we don't say Independence Day much out of some combination of the U.K. being one of strongest allies on the one hand and a desire to be strong and ergo never "dependent" on the other. I'm pretty sure it used to be more common to say Independence Day.
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