7th of July

I just realised the error in my posting of 08/07/04! The stupid American system got me all muxed ip.

The official form I received had my birth date down as 04/07/82 instead of 07/04/82. They had the date down the American way and what was even worse they had me down as having been born on the 4th of July! :-)

My Mum told me it snowed on the day I was born and it certainly never snows in Edinburgh on the 4th of July that's for sure.

ADAM:

We mostly say "Twenty -O- Five". How much longer will you go on saying "Two thousand and....blah blah blah"? Will your year 2026 be "Two thousand and twenty six"? Why not simply say "Twenty twenty six?"

As Captain Mainwaring would say: "Stupid boy!" :-)

Everyone already refers to the London Olympics 2012 as being "London Twenty Twelve".

It's good to hear 2012 as "Twenty-twelve" in the UK. I heard that UK converted quickly to the more appropriate "twenty" instead of the dopey "two thousand (and)" bit. Unfortunately in the USA it's taking a lot longer, probably because some news announcers will say "twenty", but it seems ALL tv and radio commercials say "two thousand". Most believe it will probably be in 2010 when advertisers finally get it to say "twenty".