What made you smile recently?

[caseydog]

In Britain, "maths" is the shortened version of mathematics.

Okay yes, then the shortened word for mathematics in the US is just math. That may seem contradictory, but it's how we do it here. It makes sense to me, but I grew up with it.

CD

 

[Morning Glory]

We use the singular "math" instead of the plural "maths." It is not a shortened version, just the singular. "Math" is a subject, singular -- just as we study history in school, not histories.

CD

I think it is a shortened version:

 

[Yorky]

I think it is a shortened version:

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"Math" was never used when I was at school (admittedly, it was in Yorkshire).

 

[TastyReuben]

Chips meaning crisps.

 

[The Velvet Curtain]

"Math" was never used when I was at school (admittedly, it was in Yorkshire).

We use the plural in the UK because in our education system we get to employ it more than once

 

[caseydog]

I think it is a shortened version:

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Oh, I meant math is not a shortened version of maths. It is a short version of mathematics.

CD

 

[GadgetGuy]

Looks like you also have to get new blinds!! 😱

 

[Lullabelle]

 

[TastyReuben]

 

[TastyReuben]

 

[Yorky]

An elderly, but hardy cattleman from Texas once told a young female neighbor that if she wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gunpowder on her oatmeal each morning.

She did this religiously and lived to the ripe old age of 103.

She left behind 14 children, 30 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren and a 40-foot HOLE where the crematorium used to be.

 

[Windigo]

 

[Lullabelle]

 

[caseydog]

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Kind of the same in the US.

If your are a conservative, they go back to the 1950s, when America was GREAT!

If you are a liberal, they go back to the late 60s, when love was free.

As for me, clocks should never go back -- always forward.

CD

 

[TastyReuben]