If the American convention is to say the date by saying the month and then the day (eg. "July the third", "April the 22nd"), why is it that the "fourth of July" is an exception?
2006-09-25 14:46:19 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Independence Day
Pretty ironic really. One of the things that is different in the UK and US is date convention, and then Americans go saying the name of their independence day using the British format. Oh you guys crack me up.
2006-09-25 14:56:20 · update #1
lol, is this because of my question you answered? I think because it is a holiday so we make it different than any other date.....but then again, we don't say 25th of December do we? lol, I guess I don't know...
2006-09-25 14:49:57 · answer #1 · answered by Led*Zep*Babe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
contained in the USA, Independence Day (many times conventional because the Fourth of July) is a federal vacation commemorating the adoption of the assertion of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the dominion of serious Britain. for most human beings, it really is only a time to make noise with fireworks and devour some BBQ. For me, it really is a time to mirror on our large us of a, freedom, and liberty. Independence! The invoice of Rights and the structure!
2016-11-24 19:05:04 · answer #2 · answered by hyre 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people call it "4th of July", some "July 4th" and some go so far as to call it "Independence Day". Doesn't matter much because few are celebrating the real reason for it (telling King George to go get bent)....it has turned into an extra day off work and a reason to get trashed and use incendiaries illegally (MY personal fave).
2006-09-25 15:53:38 · answer #3 · answered by crale70 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've always wondered why we don't refer to it as Independence Day as that is what it's all about but I do like the 4th of July too. It just sounds great when you've grown up in the greatest country in the world.
2006-09-28 08:28:35 · answer #4 · answered by shominyyuspa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is how some people do it. Not all people I know call it the Fourth of July. Some call it July 4th...just depends on the person.
2006-09-27 12:31:40 · answer #5 · answered by taljalea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people don't say, if they're going to go month-day, "July the third." It would be July third, or April twenty-second.
I hear July fourth and the fourth of July about equally.
2006-09-25 14:59:55 · answer #6 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Would you have it any other way? For example: The first of April?
Lame attempt at wit aside I know what you mean and you said it well.
I guess it is just another anomily that cought-on early-on and stuck.
And fortunate, too for the composer/lyricist who scored - what was it.."Damn Yankee"?.(I'm as corny as Kansas in springtime, high as a flag on THE FOURTH OF JULY. Good question.("High as a flag on July fourth" just doesn't lilt.)
2006-09-25 16:16:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess 'the 4th of July' became and English (American) language idiom long ago and I never questioned it myself.
It's formally called 'Independence Day' but everyone I know just calls it 'the 4th of July'.
Good question, and I have no good answer!
The Mexicans call theirs 'Cinco de Mayo' so maybe we copied from them?
2006-09-25 14:56:08 · answer #8 · answered by fresh2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it isn't the 5 th of july.
2006-09-25 14:54:06 · answer #9 · answered by Tim B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can only guess, that it was more common to say it the other way around when we became independent, and the name stuck.
2006-09-25 14:54:47 · answer #10 · answered by desi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋