Klaus/Aqua Bait
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@kluurs said in Klaus/Aqua Bait:
So, you're saying we're getting contaminated by the folks across the pond?
Yes, they're stealing your language and polluting it with idiotic foreign ideas. That's exactly what's happened.
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How many Englishes do we really need?
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@Renauda said in Klaus/Aqua Bait:
People refer to the arts and the sciences so why not maths?
I learned everything I know from the 1893 Columbian Exposition. They had a hall dedicated to the arts and sciences. But it was math back then. It's just the past couple of decades that "maths" has been sneaking into our American lexicon. Next, we'll be spelling things improperly - colour me perplexed.
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@Renauda said in Klaus/Aqua Bait:
People refer to the arts and the sciences so why not maths?
I learned everything I know from the 1893 Columbian Exposition. They had a hall dedicated to the arts and sciences. But it was math back then. It's just the past couple of decades that "maths" has been sneaking into our American lexicon. Next, we'll be spelling things improperly - colour me perplexed.
@kluurs said in Klaus/Aqua Bait:
@Renauda said in Klaus/Aqua Bait:
People refer to the arts and the sciences so why not maths?
I learned everything I know from the 1893 Columbian Exposition. They had a hall dedicated to the arts and sciences. But it was math back then. It's just the past couple of decades that "maths" has been sneaking into our American lexicon. Next, we'll be spelling things improperly - colour me perplexed.
The country that introduced the term 'fanny pack' to the English speaking world has no cause to complain about, well, anything.
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@Renauda said in Klaus/Aqua Bait:
People refer to the arts and the sciences so why not maths?
I learned everything I know from the 1893 Columbian Exposition. They had a hall dedicated to the arts and sciences. But it was math back then. It's just the past couple of decades that "maths" has been sneaking into our American lexicon. Next, we'll be spelling things improperly - colour me perplexed.
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“Maths” is the more precise abbreviation because it reflects that the discipline is mathematics — a plural noun. Just as we don’t shorten “physics” to “physic” or “economics” to “economic,” dropping the final “s” in mathematics creates an artificial singular. “Maths” preserves the integrity of the original word and emphasizes the breadth of the field, which covers many distinct branches rather than a single subject.
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“Maths” is the more precise abbreviation because it reflects that the discipline is mathematics — a plural noun. Just as we don’t shorten “physics” to “physic” or “economics” to “economic,” dropping the final “s” in mathematics creates an artificial singular. “Maths” preserves the integrity of the original word and emphasizes the breadth of the field, which covers many distinct branches rather than a single subject.
@Klaus said in Klaus/Aqua Bait:
“Maths” is the more precise abbreviation because it reflects that the discipline is mathematics — a plural noun. Just as we don’t shorten “physics” to “physic” or “economics” to “economic,” dropping the final “s” in mathematics creates an artificial singular. “Maths” preserves the integrity of the original word and emphasizes the breadth of the field, which covers many distinct branches rather than a single subject.
But we do shorten ‘economics’ to ‘econ’, not ‘econs’.
Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.
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@Klaus said in Klaus/Aqua Bait:
“Maths” is the more precise abbreviation because it reflects that the discipline is mathematics — a plural noun. Just as we don’t shorten “physics” to “physic” or “economics” to “economic,” dropping the final “s” in mathematics creates an artificial singular. “Maths” preserves the integrity of the original word and emphasizes the breadth of the field, which covers many distinct branches rather than a single subject.
But we do shorten ‘economics’ to ‘econ’, not ‘econs’.
@jon-nyc said in Klaus/Aqua Bait:
@Klaus said in Klaus/Aqua Bait:
“Maths” is the more precise abbreviation because it reflects that the discipline is mathematics — a plural noun. Just as we don’t shorten “physics” to “physic” or “economics” to “economic,” dropping the final “s” in mathematics creates an artificial singular. “Maths” preserves the integrity of the original word and emphasizes the breadth of the field, which covers many distinct branches rather than a single subject.
But we do shorten ‘economics’ to ‘econ’, not ‘econs’.
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