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From: dasher@netcom.com (Anton Sherwood)
Subject: pronouncing math(s)
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 17:18:42 GMT
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Neal Nelson  <nnelson@esoc.bitnet> says:
: One thing that puzzles me: why is maths called 'math' in America?
: Maths is obviously short for mathematics and therefore a logical
: contraction. Do Americans use an alternate root for this word?

"Math" is also short for "mathematics".  I guess we don't preserve 
the plural form because we don't say "mathematics are".
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I wasn't always anarcho-capitalist, you know.	--   Ubi scriptum?
