I’m sorry but it doesn’t make sense TO ME. Based on what I was taught, regardless of the month, I think what matters first is to know what day of the month you are in, if at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of said month. After you know that, you can find out the month to know where you are in the year.
What is the benefit of doing it the other way around?
EDIT: To avoid misunderstandings:
- I am NOT making fun OF ANYONE.
- I am NOT negatively judging ANYTHING.
- I am totally open to being corrected and LEARN.
- This post is out of pure and honest CURIOSITY.
So PLEASE, don’t take it the wrong way.
In normal conversation, it’s more common (at least here) to say “May 31st” than “the 31st of May.” I think the order of the numerical only dating system is just reflecting that.
Then again, you also write $5 but say it five dollars. The way something is said can be different from how it is written.
Then why “fourth of July”?
Probably specifically to stress that it is A Special Day and not just july fourth
Because English isn’t allowed to be consistent.