Math or maths? 🧮
@catsalad
Maths.
Although math is becoming the new norm in Nz
due to Americanisation. )':
@catsalad I actually voted for maths because I like to tease my family and say maths..
.but I actually say math.
@catsalad It's clearly a non-count noun like 'misery', 'confusion', and 'torture'.
@catsalad Would it be "Maffs" in lolcat?
@catsalad
Despite being en-US natively, I adopted the en-UK "Maths" before I even knew it was a Thing. "mathematics" shortened to "maths" just seemed to make more sense to me than "math".
@catsalad Maths is short for mathematics. 'Math' sounds like someone couldn't be bothered to even say the full abbreviation, or they are trying to say the abbreviation for 'Mathematic'..
@catsalad @Guillotine_Jones the british liked math so much they came out with the sequel, maths
@catsalad
My secret third thing is that I had -- and still feel the effects of -- a learning shortcoming associated with either math or maths or both, CatSalad.
Fortunately that did NOT prevent me from being a lover of cats.
@catsalad arithmetic is not algebra is not calculus is not statistics.
@catsalad formerly math, but I like "maths" better so adopting that usage despite my American English background