Britishisms

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 160641

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, puduhepa98 at ... wrote:
>
> Nikkalmati:
> Also, in British is Maths really a plural or is this a joke?  I have  only 
> heard it used in the singular, although there may a use which I have not  heard 
> - in reference to different types of math (such as calculus vs.  geometry). 

Geoff:
Maths is no joke. It is the standard UK English abbreviation for Mathematics. I taught Maths 
for over 30 years and was part of my school timetable team, building and printing the 
timetable books and wouldn't mind having a pound for every time I wrote or typed the word.

Math is very definitely of /those/ US English-isms such as "snuck" and "gotten".

Geoff
{whose favourite colour is red and who likes to walk on the pavement rather than the road:-)}