Question for British list members/PS for Goddlefrood

[sistermagpie]

> Geoff:
> British spoken style would be "11th September 2001" with the "th" 
> included. Newspaper articles will use that or your version also. The 
> British media seem to have succumbed to US pressure and generally 
> say "9/11". 
> 
> Being a maverick and disliking the US date pattern, I stick with the 
> spoken style.

Magpie:
Are you just making a joke with the word "pressure" or referring to 
some conflict between how they'd want to refer to it and how they feel 
they should? Do you just mean that because Americans say 9/11 or 
September 11 and we talk about it more than anyone else and use that 
shorthand so frequently they picked it up?

-m