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Last week we went for a delightful and scrumptious dinner at Bistroed CBD with Pam and Bill. As I looked down at my menu I quickly noticed the date reading Tuesday 09/11/10. We all know September 11 was not last week (I was still in New York then). It’s was just another case of the “upside-downs and backwards”. Another item to add to the list of things to get used to...
It makes total sense, you begin with the day, then month, then year; chronological order. You even hear people say, for example, the 10th of December rather than December 10th. This is something that I need to become better acquainted with. I have told several people my wrong birth date because I am so accustomed to saying month, day, year. I accidentally gave the incorrect date to our medical insurance company who thought I was nine months younger than I actually am, and offered us a cheaper/better plan. Once they realized I was born in February and not November they moved us up to the more expensive plan.
Worst of all, I have to figure out a simple way to organize all of my computer files. For years I have followed a system where I list the date (month/day/year) followed by the file name. Do I change to day/month/year or do I protest? Oh the difficult decisions that need to be made... And we have not even gotten to spelling...
Protest I say! Keep your "gringo" identity! Power to ya :P
ReplyDeleteI use an even more unconventional file dating convention: year month day... Many years ago, I discovered that I didn't want to locate my files by month first. It led to a confusion when projects ran for many years and there were all my files organized into months, but over various years. So now, I date them the last two digits of the year, two-digit month, two-digit date. Works beautifully. Takes your eyes a little while to adjust. Today is 101204. So, I say, invent your own way and avoid the cultural issues :)
ReplyDeleteI like the way you two think...
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