[gleenn]

Our Independence Day is probably a special case. Clearly language is flexible enough to say all the formats, but the date format we write matches the most common verbalization.

[chrisseaton]

> people for hundreds of years have been saying "March second, nineteen sixty two"

In many other English-speaking countries people usually say "the second of March, nineteen sixty two."

[dylan604]

Ides of March vs March Ides....

twelve thirty or half twelve

color or colour

[skeletonjelly]

Pretty funny America's most patriotic day is an edge case for something culturally American