On 6/6/2017 7:02 PM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> On 2017-06-06 09:04 AM (-4), Stephen wrote:
>> * I've given up on the maths Vs math controversy. I'm now going to
>> concentrate in correcting the world when it uses maths for something
>> that is only arithmetic. ;)
>
> I thought it was pretty simple: in the USA (and Canada?), you say
> "math"; in the rest of the world, it's "maths."  Same idea as with
> colo(u)r and alumin(i)um.  It's not a controversy unless you choose to
> make it one.
>

But I do, I do :)

Actually it hurts my ears and offends my sensibilities to hear it. I 
know that it is irrational but...

> (With Canada, I'm never sure.  They are linked to the UK, yet are so
> much like USAmericans.)
>

You won't make any friends with Canadians with that statement. ;)

And you know what you can do with your elected president over his 
comments about London Bridge. Nothing personal but he has really, really 
annoyed us as a nation. </aside

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Regards
     Stephen

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