In America they put the month first in the date, so I was wondering why for Independance Day they have the day first.
2006-11-22 20:28:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Independence Day
Probably because the words flow and sound better.
2006-11-22 20:41:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
July 4th just sounds like a date, 4th of July sounds like a Holiday. Some call it Independence Day, some call it 4th of July.
2006-11-24 08:13:06 · answer #2 · answered by ღღღ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People in the United States may usually write dates with the month first and the date second, but in speech it is common to say dates both ways. I could just as easily say it's the 23rd of November as I could say it's November 23.
It's not only done with the 4th of July, though it may be more common for independence day. This may in part be due to an old song "Yankee Doodle Dandy" which was popular early in the 20th century. One line in the song is "...born on the fourth of July," which has become kind of cliche.
2006-11-22 20:45:27 · answer #3 · answered by forbidden_planet 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The way it is written month/day/year has little relationship to how it is spoken.
I agree that day/month/year would make more sense but that is what someone decided on.
Most often when speaking of a date people will say the 3rd of November, or the 2nd of February and sometimes it is just how they have heard it used in speech so they imitate that. Groundhog day is February 2nd Christmas is December 25th. New years days is the 1st of January. It is usually just how a person has heard it spoken the most often and the two forms can be used interchangeably.
2006-11-22 20:59:11 · answer #4 · answered by mindbender - seeker of truth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
July 4th is the anniversary of the e book of the particular fact of Independence. the 2d Continental Congress authorized a determination of independence on July 2, 1776. an fact explaining this determination grew to become written interior the direction of using Thomas Jefferson and, after some substitute, it grew to become authorized on July 4, the date which seems on the record it extremely is usual of because of the fact the very fact of Independence.
2016-11-26 02:47:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And to think there wouldn't even need to be an independence day if the europeans had stayed in their country.
2006-11-22 20:37:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've heard both....and what r u doing for July 4th?
2006-11-22 20:37:46 · answer #7 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hey were the ones hu started independence or w/e and we can call it whatever we want!!
2006-11-24 14:26:50 · answer #8 · answered by lizzy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they rule the world, so if that's how they want it that's how it'll be.
2006-11-22 20:34:42 · answer #9 · answered by Doobdonk 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
'Cos they were Irish at the time....
2006-11-22 20:44:29 · answer #10 · answered by PvteFrazer 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋