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I don’t know, I always imagined that you said “4th of July” because up to that point you were Brits and that’s how we say it.

...and then the very next day, without adult supervision, you started saying your dates weirdly and dropping the “u”s out of words, stuff like that.*

* DISCLAIMER: May not be an accurate representation of history. :P



It's more accurate than it might sound. If I recall correctly, the American spelling reforms were largely a one-man top-down effort driven by the ideological goal of being more separate from Britain.


It's commonly referred to as "Simplified English" for good reason. ;)


> I always imagined that you said “4th of July” because up to that point you were Brits

True, but nowadays we say "Independence Day" :-)


Macy’s call it 4th of July

https://www.macys.com/shop/4th-of-july-sale




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