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«Y'all» was being used in English poetry well before the States were even a thing. We just popularized it (by 'we,' I mean white southern and black Americans).
As to dates, if you write out a date, it'd follow the "[month] [day], [year]" format. If someone asks you to specify a date, would you say «1st April,» or «April 1st?» Looking at it this way, our format is more intuitive and in line with how people would actually speak.
As for American spelling variants, you can thank us for cleaning up the unnecessary surplus of letters in your words.
Edited on by Ralizah
@LN78 It's not all my fault. I don't actually say y'all since I'm not from the south. So, I guess once again… only kinda sorta.
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@RogerRoger On the other hand, we do owe an apology to the world for inflicting the word «irregardless» on the English lexicon. At least until someone dives around in databases a few years from now and discovers that it's another stupid Americanism that somehow originated among 17th century poets.
Edited on by Ralizah
@Ralizah Yet Independence Day is almost always referred to as «The Fourth of July».
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