Subject: Re: [HM] "maths" in lieu of "math"
From: Gordon Fisher (gfisher@shentel.net)
Date: Mon Mar 27 2000 - 21:31:16 EST
John Harper wrote:
> I didnt see "math" until I visited USA. "Maths" has been the usual UK
> (and NZ) abbreviation since before I started doing it. Is it in OED?
> (I no longer have on-line access to it)
>
> John Harper, School of Mathematical and Computing Sciences,
> Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
> e-mail john.harper@vuw.ac.nz phone (+64)(4)463 5341 fax (+64)(4)463 5045
My license plate in VA, USA, reads MATHS . We found that MATH was
already taken. However, we quickly adapted, since (1) my wife and I are
both mathematicians, (2) we both taught in New Zealand for 5 years, (3) we
have a daughter who lives in London (as well as one who lives in the USA).
I don't know, though, how the average person in the USA takes the MATHS .
Probably a bit of a puzzle to some people.
Gordon Fisher gfisher@shentel.net
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