Date format for printed thank you note.
Date format for printed thank you note.
(OP)
Which is correct to include on a printed Thank You note?
1) March 10, 2007
2) March 10th, 2007
I think #1 is correct but I always pronounce like #2.
Please advise.
1) March 10, 2007
2) March 10th, 2007
I think #1 is correct but I always pronounce like #2.
Please advise.
NozzleTwister
Houston, Texas





RE: Date format for printed thank you note.
You should never write what you pronounce.
Especially from the South.
Chris
SolidWorks 07 2.2/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 02-10-07)
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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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These aren't thank you notes for gifts received. My wife is making some cute little boxes with some candy covered almonds inside for wedding guests of a friend and she was going to attach a little note on each one thanking the guests for sharing the occasion and also noting the the name of the bride and groom and the wedding date.
NozzleTwister
Houston, Texas
RE: Date format for printed thank you note.
If in US I'd vote for #2
RE: Date format for printed thank you note.
Chris
SolidWorks 07 2.2/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 02-10-07)
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10 May or what ever sounds dumb.
However I got a C in English (in England) and I'm dyslexic so why the #$%#$ would you want to listen to me!
RE: Date format for printed thank you note.
Chris
SolidWorks 07 2.2/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 02-10-07)
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Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Thanks for all of the advice.
NozzleTwister
Houston, Texas
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One of the guys I worked with (the word "bloke" fit him perfectly, even though he was American) asked a bunch of the natives what they were doing for the 4th of July...
We all just kind of stared at him and someone finally said, "uh, Dave, they don't really celebrate that here..."
It was funny, though...of all the holidays we celebrate, blowing off British rule is one of the stranger ones, I guess! Bygones...about 25 of us had a nice dinner that night at a little Italian restaurant in Windsor and did our part to keep the British economy going. My boss yelled at me for putting the 1,000 pound tab on my credit card. That was a great night - really helped us all bond.
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Absolutely. We simply don't have time to celebrate all those independence days we've been involved in.
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On the other hand, Brits back in the UK still celebrate the day hundreds of years ago when some catholics tried, and failed, to blow up the parliament (protestant). I just couldn't get people here interested in Guy Fawkes night, they're all too busy with Halloween the week before.
The similarity between the 2 holidays, Fireworks.
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We sure used your holidays to our advantage, though - I think I even remember a "St. George's day" or something like that? We never had trouble finding a reason to drink!
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Anyway there’s always a reason for a pint (all 20 ounces not a measly 16) of near room temperature beer, pork scratchings, overpriced crisps, pickled eggs, steak & kidney pie, buxom barmaids, friendly disagreements over ‘who spilt my pint’ and all the other joys of a good English Pub.
But this is really off topic.
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Going for a game of football tonight (for you Americans...soccer). Will probably partake of a few of the above.
Now back to the OP.......
So far as I can see its pretty straightforward....what you say and what is written in a formal letter/memo have drifted apart over the last few decades. This is merely an evolution of the English language (the Americans having been doing it for a while now).
For a formal date format, look no further than the BBC (the great bastion of the older English language) and you will see..... Thursday 8th March 2007 is todays date...
Kevin Hammond
Mechanical Design Engineer
Derbyshire, UK
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You should buy one of these and proudly wear it in America:
http://vi
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Sompting, hmm maybe I will. Of course a 'pint and a fight' in my part of the world would probably get me killed, imprisoned and/or deported.
Maybe I'll leave it.
As regards date format, I'll go with the BBC on this one.