Manfred comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, March 2015, chapter 121 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Manfred 14 March 2015 02:10:02PM 1 point [-]

Nope, no idea, since our records of the spoken language of the past are bad and I'm lazy. Maybe written and spoken dates slowly co-evolved, since it does appear that the m/d/y trend only dates back to the 17th century or so.