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A Britishism I really hate...
10 years ago
"Maths"
Fuck "maths". It's math, self-plural like fish.
I know, it's short for 'mathematics', but tell me, have you ever seen 'a mathematic' used as a singular noun? Maybe used in place of mathematical as an adjective, but that's not the same.
Nobody shortens ammunition to "ammos" despite the fact ammunition is it's own plural. In fact, since it's shortening via contraction by taking the first four and last letter, "maths" should really be spelled out "math's" like "it's". However, much like the later, this would only lead to contraction/possessive use confusion.
We'd either have.
"That involves maths. It's one of math's quirks."
OR
"That involves math's. It's one of maths' (math's'?) quirks."
So fuck all that noise. Use math. Math works. Math is plural as fuck. Drop the s and sound like less of a douchebag.
Next up, why do Aussies not use a diminutive form of stickers, 'stickies', if they call bikers 'bikies'?
Fuck "maths". It's math, self-plural like fish.
I know, it's short for 'mathematics', but tell me, have you ever seen 'a mathematic' used as a singular noun? Maybe used in place of mathematical as an adjective, but that's not the same.
Nobody shortens ammunition to "ammos" despite the fact ammunition is it's own plural. In fact, since it's shortening via contraction by taking the first four and last letter, "maths" should really be spelled out "math's" like "it's". However, much like the later, this would only lead to contraction/possessive use confusion.
We'd either have.
"That involves maths. It's one of math's quirks."
OR
"That involves math's. It's one of maths' (math's'?) quirks."
So fuck all that noise. Use math. Math works. Math is plural as fuck. Drop the s and sound like less of a douchebag.
Next up, why do Aussies not use a diminutive form of stickers, 'stickies', if they call bikers 'bikies'?
I agree, it's annoying!
but I do like some of the dipthongs in British english