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		tokenadult on Oct 17, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: why are domain names reversely ordered? In China, addresses do work that way. Word order of addresses is a language-specific rule that varies by language.

ilyak on Oct 17, 2009 [–]

Same for Russia. Also, we never use MM/DD/YY.

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