When/why did they stop saying "th" "st" etc in adverts?

[rasmus]

instead they just say 22 or 12
Anyone else noticed?

[scooby99]

No idea re adverts; never noticed.
However, I'm involved in provision of medical education/exam material and our editorial/house style has always been to state a date as 15 December & not 15th December, ie, more concise; maybe tallying with the Plain English campaign?

Just had a look; yes, we are an organisation holding the Plain English crystal mark.

[SussexFamily]

Originally Posted by scooby99

No idea re adverts; never noticed.
However, I'm involved in provision of medical education/exam material and our editorial/house style has always been to state a date as 15 December & not 15th December so maybe some connection with Plain English or similar?

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Same Same for me too, always been the format: 4 Dec 20

[Mr Tom Morrow]

My last P.A. used to type letters with the date not having th, nd, rd or st showing

I cannot stand seeing for example 12 December and told her I wanted 12th December etc etc.

Old fashioned but I prefer it that way so she changed to what I wanted.

[Labboy]

Like 12th etc old school much the same as when people say 12 degrees C or F , it is by convention 12 C or F .

[archibald]

Originally Posted by Labboy

Like 12th etc old school much the same as when people say 12 degrees C or F , it is by convention 12 C or F .

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I don't understand this? Is it not written and spoken 12°C, twelve degrees centigrade? 12C means something quite different.

[megaflyer]

I still use 12th and never got my head around C - thankfully the majority of my friends are either living in or from USA so is Fahrenheit works. The rest can convert themselves or F off lol

I am don’t believe in Christ however I hate to see XMas or any other shortened version of Christmas - Christmas is such a lovely word it deserves to be used in full


I guess I am just an old fashioned gentleman

[Mr Tom Morrow]

My other pet hate is where letters (as in correspondence) are 'justified'.

I refused to sign letters done in that fashion as I wanted them 'flush left' with a ragged right margin.

[CarolynU]

Originally Posted by Mr Tom Morrow

My last P.A. used to type letters with the date not having th, nd, rd or st showing

I cannot stand seeing for example 12 December and told her I wanted 12th December etc etc.

Old fashioned but I prefer it that way so she changed to what I wanted.

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Me too Tom! In fact I didn’t even know that it had changed?
Is the 12th December suddenly not plain English anymore?

[Mr Tom Morrow]

Originally Posted by CarolynU

Me too Tom! In fact I didn’t even know that it had changed?
Is the 12th December suddenly not plain English anymore?

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Carolyn. The 12th is still in my vocabulary and I still use it in letters, speech and even texts.

My view is if a letter comes to my house and for example the first line says - ''I refer to your letter of the 12 December'' When I read it my mind turns that 12 into the 12th. hence the modern style is pants.