u/aguyfromusa

"We're [today's date]"

My friend Peter grew up in the South of France, and then went to high school in New Jersey. He's the only person I've ever heard say the current date this way:

"We're the 16th."

When I hear it, my mind just goes, "No, we're two dudes on our way to work. _Today_ is the 16th."

Is this construction a European thing?

I see myriad exemplars of bad grammar in this subreddit. I just wanted to say that. It's fine. It's reddit. I hope this post isn't too meta. I'm laughing out loud right now.

For example, you're supposed to write like the following:

The sign read, "NO PARKING."

I think that's ridiculous. It ought to be thus:

The sign read, "NO PARKING".