On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 09:19:06AM -0700, Lorri Ferguson wrote:
> > I have a strong suspicion -- Weronika? -- that Poland is now aping the 
> > custom (along with many others). 

I've never heard the month/day/year version before coming to the US, so
no. 

> > Sometime after I left, the month began to be written in Arabic 
> > numerals. I expect, with the school week being reduced from 6 days to 
> > 5, there was't enough time to teach kids Roman numerals <g>  

I've seen both Roman and Arabic, often Arabic for forms and such because
it's probably easier for computer reading, but mostly Roman for normal
usage. 

> Tamara,
> How was it arranged when spoken?  
> We say 'May 28, 2004', would you have said '28th of May, 2004?

Yes, that's how we normally say it in Poland.  

Weronika

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