How do you read "...on 8 May, 1902."
Do you say
"on the eighth May nineteen o two"?
Or
"on eight May nineteen o two?
Or some other choice?

Question

How do you read "...on 8 May, 1902."
Do you say
 "on the eighth May nineteen o two"? 
Or
"on eight May nineteen o two?
Or some other choice?

Answer

"On May 8th, nineteen oh two."
Or "On the 8th of May, nineteen oh two."
The second is very slightly more formal. If it were a famous date in history I might be more likely to use that form.

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Thank, Jeremy and Fergus.

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I would say "on May 8th, 1902" or "eighth of May"

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In Britain, we say "on the eighth of May nineteen oh two"

In the USA I think they say "on the eighth May nineteen oh two"

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