Its quite blatantly Maths.

Math feels awkward to say to me and it sounds weird.

Maths maths maths.

Simples.

p.s- The poll is going to be very skewed towards Math as there are far more Americans on this site than Brits. I predict that all Brits will say Maths, and most Americans will say Math.

Everyone knows it is Math. Perhaps it is only because I live in a superior country?!? hmmmmm

Americans are always right and it's showing in the poll.

Maths sounds like a disease. "Doctor, what's wrong with him?!" "Oh, he has maths lesions all over his vertebrae from the 18 wheeler accident."

Ooh, now its getting personal.

The results are showing towards Math because yours is a bigger country, not better. This is coming from a country that calls a cardigan a sweater, trousers are pants and a torch is a flashlight. Don't even get me started on the mispronounciation of Oregano and Aluminium.

Size does not equal superiority....everyone knows all good things come in small packages!!

^ It's just one debate (in which nobody actually said Britain was better than America) spilling over into another. Bit daft really.

What I don't understand is why people will try and shout you down over the pluralisation (or otherwise) of this word, yet (I hope) I wouldn't get shouted down by a Yank for using words like colour or favour. For some reason everyone acknowledges there's a difference with those words, but not with this one. Weird. It's also weird how English people always know the American versions of things, yet Americans don't always know what the original or English English version is. Weird again. But the weirdest one of all is English people using a Z in -ise words. If you're English (or you learned English outside of America), then you should write harmonise or organisation, NEVER harmonize or organization. The z looks horrific to me and I just can't understand why oh so many Brits either don't get this or refuse to spell things correctly. WAAAAAA.

See? I can spell, I needeth not the maths.

The USA and Great Britain... "nations divided by a common language."


Variously attributed to George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde (who actually wrote something similar in a play. "America and England have much in common nowadays except language."), and [less likely] Churchill.

I never heard of "maths" until I came to DDN.

Jon

It's neither, it's mathematics!

It's also weird how English people always know the American versions of things, yet Americans don't always know what the original or English English version is.

It's actually quite simple to explain. We don't watch British TV (yes, I know it's a telly over there) because it generally stinks. On the other hand, it could be worse. You could live in Australia.

Where does the S come from?

I see it Like Mathematics instead of Mathematics

^ Why does through not rhyme with tough? It's English, it doesn't have to make sense.

Well, since I wrote that maths DRIVES ME CRAZY in the other thread, I think you all know where I stand.

Is your silly system with the s consistent though? For example, do you say econs for economics?

^No, we just say Economics. It's one that I've never heard shortened.

^ Yeah but Americans are lazy. That's why they took the u out of colour, because it takes 0.001 seconds less to write out. That's why they make up abhorrent words like "waitlisted" because they can't be bothered to say "I was put on a waiting list". Colon-pee.

We're too busy doing really important things like doing math in econ with stats.




Or I should say doing math in econ with stat, no s!

Maths? No ma'am. I prefer not to sound like an idiot.

Louise wrote:

^ Yeah but Americans are lazy. That's why they took the u out of colour, because it takes 0.001 seconds less to write out. That's why they make up abhorrent words like "waitlisted" because they can't be bothered to say "I was put on a waiting list". Colon-pee.

I actually prefer colour, and don't use 'waitlisted'. In fact, I watched enough Doctor Who, Torchwood, and Merlin in a condensed space I prefer some of the linguistic nuances. (RUBBISH!) However, it's still Math.

I have in my time, said something along the lines of 'I did it in Home Ecs'

Home Economics. Yes. Nobody laughed, wasn't weird or scary or creepy. Just.... normal.

^ so yes d4j in some part of the UK we do use extra s's everywhere! (don't shoot me)

d4j wrote:

We're too busy doing really important things like doing math in econ with stats

So why is it stats and not stat? Going on your math and econ theory, that would be logical would it not??

We're Americans. You expect us to be logical?

@Euphoria - hence my edit-

I called it Stat-Class when I had the misfortune of being in AP Stat.

I never said stats. It was always just stat. No s.

Ahh, d4j, I must have been typing as you were amending!