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.
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.