Yes she does - oh the marry bit - hm?fortyaybendixenNovember 7 2009, 00:32:27 UTC
But, it should be neither!
Mathematics should be the word. Ignore the two others. It really is no longer than maths, and it gives the subject some respect, even if you say mthmaddix.
Re: Yes she does - oh the marry bit - hm?pappubahryNovember 7 2009, 00:56:20 UTC
It really is no longer than maths This is incorrect.
it gives the subject some respect I don't understand this at all. Many mathematicians say 'maths' or 'math', and it is not in the least bit disrespectful. It is just a word that is easier to say.
The original argument makes no sense because 'math' is a shortening of 'mathematics'. There is no obvious reason why, when shortening 'mathematics', you would retain the final 's'. The word 'mathematics' is not a plural.
By contrast, 'physics' is not a shortening of anything.
Re: Yes she does - oh the marry bit - hm?fortyaybendixenNovember 7 2009, 02:54:20 UTC
Really no longer - incorrect; strictly you're right, but how much longer is it honestly to say Mthmaddix. Does that really waste any time. We only need to abbreviate it away when its length interferes with the flow of thought, and would you say it does? Everything does not need to be abbreviated; take the news reader saying dubbel-yoo-ay instead of Western Australia - for all those syllables, she could have added one syllable and been speaking the real name of the place; abbreviations gone mad. NSW is worse "en ess dubbel-yoo" : "new south wales" = 5 syllables : 3 syllables, and they still say "en ess dubbel-yoo". Why not use the full language! Respect, full meaning, full understanding, clear thinking, and, really, no waste of time
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I don't think you are fair to the Americans.fortyaybendixenJanuary 7 2010, 11:07:25 UTC
Yes they have quirks in their language, but isn't it just like any other language. You wouldn't even dream of complaining if you couldn't understand them, any better than for example the South Amerians. But because they have taken some minute steps on the way to that wonderful event of a language being born, they sound different and use different words, so what
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Re: I don't think you are fair to the Americans.maewfannwrJanuary 13 2010, 23:11:55 UTC
Sorry, but their skills in instrument-making have nothing to do with their language, so I don't think it's unfair to judge each thing on its own merit.
Re: I don't think you are fair to the Americans.fortyaybendixenJanuary 14 2010, 07:17:39 UTC
Ok, argument accepted, also as it was just a way of wedging in this piece of exciting information (; that is really a brilliant instument)*. So I go back to the knocking of a totally different language that most people would not do. So why knock a culture which may be on the way to developing a different language.
I know, you will disagree, and bring evidence. ... But, at least for now, that is that matter done and dusted for me.
*how would you have done that sign writing, please. I always have trouble with interrupting the semicolon after the word, and with putting a full stop way after the additional information. How do you do it?
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Mathematics should be the word. Ignore the two others. It really is no longer than maths, and it gives the subject some respect, even if you say mthmaddix.
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This is incorrect.
it gives the subject some respect
I don't understand this at all. Many mathematicians say 'maths' or 'math', and it is not in the least bit disrespectful. It is just a word that is easier to say.
The original argument makes no sense because 'math' is a shortening of 'mathematics'. There is no obvious reason why, when shortening 'mathematics', you would retain the final 's'. The word 'mathematics' is not a plural.
By contrast, 'physics' is not a shortening of anything.
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You're just weird.
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I know, you will disagree, and bring evidence. ...
But, at least for now, that is that matter done and dusted for me.
*how would you have done that sign writing, please. I always have trouble with interrupting the semicolon after the word, and with putting a full stop way after the additional information. How do you do it?
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