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Why does everyone call it 'Math" when it's 'Maths'??????

 May 23, 2015
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The answer to your question is that people have become 'lazy' in their word usage and they just skip the S on the end of maths 

 May 24, 2015
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It's mainly Americans that do it.

Does that imply that Americans are lazy ?

 May 24, 2015
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It has nothing to do with laziness.

 

Some countries (like Australia and I think the UK) shorten mathematics to maths.

and other countries like the USA shorten mathematics to math.

 

 

I am Australian and I used to think that "math" sounded really weird.   But, I am used to it now.  :)

In Australia we are lazy I guess because although we spell it maths, we often pronounce it as mass.   

 May 24, 2015
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Maybe  im between them all........

 May 24, 2015

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