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Do the Maths

  • 27-08-2009 11:01am
    #1
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭


    Is it my imagination, or are some people dropping the letter 's' off Maths :cool:

    Possibly an 'Americanism' thats beginning to seep into UK/Hiberno English?

    Annoys the hell out of me!


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  • #2
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    I've only heard Math from Americans. Annoys me too!


  • #3
    Yakuza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭Yakuza


    I don't think this phrase ever existed on this side of the water (I don't recall ever hearing the phrase barring on American TV), we abbreviate mathematics to "maths" and they abbreviate it to "math". I think it sounds fine, to be honest (accepting it as an American import).

    Did you ever ask someone from the North to pronounce it? "Maaatthhzzzz", now that's jarring!


  • #4
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    It's in response to our use of the word "Accommodation" they call it "Accommodations" so it's 15 all on that one;)


  • #5
    Iggy Pop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 94 ✭✭Iggy Pop


    realize
    labor
    thru
    lite GRRRRRRRR........................ the fcuking list is endless!
    PIsses me off when my spell cheker tells me the correct spelling is wrong.
    Had a boss years ago tell me to improve my spelling in correspondance!Wankers.
    Game, set and match.


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