[WikiEN-l] Re: Do we really want to confuse every American who reads the Wikipedia?

[sannse]

Jimmy Wales said:

> > 2 March 2003 is logical, natural to speech, and (so long as the
> > month name is used) unambiguous.
> 
> I asked this question on a talk page, and I'm basically just ignorant
> on this issue: is '2 March 2003' natural to speech?
> 
> Americans almost never speak that way.  We would say "March the
> Second, Two Thousand and Three" or "March Second, Two Thousand and
> Three".  We would never say "Two March Two Thousand and Three".
> 
> --Jimbo


I'm in England and I would say:  Second of March, Two Thousand and Three.

sannse