>>40
Have you SEEN the number of asian students in British Universities today?
More to the point, who cares if they're foreign. Point is, they're all spelling (or learning to spell) in american english. Thus they'll spell it "Math".
And I fail to see how you guys being dependent on our money and army for the past 65 years, and in a position where we could make you our 51st state, qualifies as "America still being a British colony". I mean hey guys, all you've got left is a bit of northern island the the freaking Isle of Man!
And apparently you didn't colonize punctuationland either...
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Anonymous2006-03-20 17:55
>>42
actually, most countries around the world spell it "maths" and when they move to america they will still continue to spell it maths.
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Anonymous2006-03-20 18:01
>>43
Proof, motherfucker, proof. I'm talking english speaking countries.
Let's list a few:
UK/Ireland: Maths
USA: Math
Canada: Math
Singapore: Math
Righto, now let's go through non-english speaking countries:
French: Math/Maths. It depends. They say "Maths" in french, but in english they seem to drop the "s" (those I've worked with).
Germany: Every single german I've met spoke good english, and said "Math".
Japan: "Mathu". Close enough, but no S.
Mexico: Math
Ukraine: Math
Russians: Math
Israel: Math
So we're talking 9 for math vs 2 and perhaps half of the third that say maths.
That's for the big guns around. Most developing countries receive crap textbooks from us, and if they learn to say math, they're not putting any S at the end.
So yeah, I'd pretty much say this argument's over...
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Anonymous2006-03-20 18:13
>>44
Actually most french people I know use Maths. I lived in Russia for 4 years and they say Maths. I know people in Germany who say maths. Ukraine being close to Russia would say Maths. Israel is an American state anyway so there is no point counting the jews. And since when was a Singapore an english speaking country. Singapore being a former british colony uses Maths. India being a former british colony uses Maths. China/Tibet uses Maths.
Get your facts straight.
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Anonymous2006-03-20 18:20 (sage)
>>45
The thing I'm more inclined to get straight is that you're making this shit up.
Fucking brits can't just face reality and realize that they're not on top of the world anymore. I mean, the USA's going down, for sure. But you guys are WAY gone, so I think we can take care of the american language on our own now, thanks. It's not like you guys have any copyright over it...
Guess why it's called "English" and not "American".
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Anonymous2006-03-20 18:35
I'm Spanish and I say Maths just to piss Amerikans off.
Actually, I can write in either mode and will use Math when chatting with an American person, Maths when chatting with a British person.
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Anonymous2006-03-20 18:45
>>47
Um, because we originally took it from you, and have now simplified the syntax and changed a few expressions along the way, thus creating a more modern strand of your language which you have chosen not to abide by out of nationalism (and due to the fact that we kicked your ass). It's sorta like wanting to stick to latin when everyone else is speaking italian. Get with the times, or at least stop bitching when we do it our way.
You don't see americans bitching about "armour" or "colour", unless they happen to be as big a dumbfuck as you guys are right now, but I'm not responsible for that.
why don't you guys write apple as "appel". At least try to be consistent.
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Anonymous2006-03-20 19:00
you are all a disgrace to μαθηματικά, gauss would kick your phylosophic asses for such a humanizated thread
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Anonymous2006-03-20 19:06
>>50
If you're purporting that english was a consistent language in the first place, I think you're going to make a LOT of people laugh.
>>51
Wow. I've just realized I can filter astronomical levels of stupidity out of my perception.
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Anonymous2006-03-21 6:25
What I hate about British English is: NASA = Nasa.
So lame.
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Anonymous2006-03-21 6:52
Maths aren't real?We've gone off the subject!
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Anonymous2006-03-21 18:39
>>24 We say Math, you say Maths, who gives a flying fuck?
I do, because Math is wrong.
>>28 we're just talking about UK vs US here
I'm not from the UK, I'm from another European country joining in for the fun. English is not my mother tongue and yet I've managed to speak it better than many Americans.
>>36 Twenty percent of Americans think the sun orbits the earth. Seventeen percent believe the earth revolves around the sun once a day
Lol, are these "Creation Scientists"?
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Anonymous2006-03-21 18:46
>>55
You clearly don't know the difference between ad hominem and ad rem. I don't think I even need to respond to yoru arguments as you're pretty full of shit, and I've covered all that already.
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Anonymous2006-03-21 19:06 (sage)
Science & Math is the new News for VIP
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Anonymous2006-03-21 21:28 (sage)
worst thread since astral strings
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Anonymous2006-03-22 0:21
Who's the retard that's using The European Dream copy pasta from News for VIP?
Wow guys. This... this is just pathetic.
But also funny.
>Brit twit
Language is not constant. If we kept language strictly to its original form, we would all be speaking in grunts and hand signals. Likewise, America has developed its own varation of English, and it will most likely be eventually classified as its own language. You cannot influence the usage of the word "math(s)" at this point in time. It is too late. We in America have all grown up using the word math, and we will continue to use the word math until the word either slowly changes into a new word, or until it is forgotten. Trying to force The Queen's English on America is like trying to get France to stop whining about everything.
Language is what the speaker makes of it. New words are added, old words are morphed or forgotten.