Which is why in the rest of the English speaking world we call it Maths.
It's the cousins who refer to 'math'.
Andrew Fildes
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On 14/11/2009, at 5:53 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> It can't Jez
>
> :-)
>
> Chris
> On 13 Nov 2009, at 13:10, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>
>> How is it that 'mathematics' (pl.) can be shortened to
>> 'math' (sing.)?
>> Jez (Brit.)
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >wrote:
>>
>>> Well, that depends on whether you believe math was devised by
>>> humans,
>>> or merely recognized by them.
>>
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