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Math or Maths?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I say "Mazz"
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I say Mafs
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm With Stupid wrote:
    Maths

    Own up. Who says Tesco's and Asda's?

    I say Tesco's and Asda.

    I also say maths - for the reasons various people have stated in this thread.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    some americanisations are nice. I like y'all and anesthesiologist.
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    Maths is better 'cos Britain > America.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    katralla wrote:
    anesthesiologist.

    :eek2: that's harder to say, and has more syllables than anaesthetist ... are you sure it's an american bastardisation ? :lol:
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Replicant wrote:
    :eek2: that's harder to say, and has more syllables than anaesthetist ... are you sure it's an american bastardisation ? :lol:
    It's more correct as an englishized Greek word than "Anaesthetist" is.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Indrid Cold wrote:
    It's more correct as an englishized Greek word than "Anaesthetist" is.

    I just thought american english changes were usually easier to say. I wouldnt have thought any language would have words evolve into more complicated forms that less complicated ones.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    anesthesiologist is much easier to say, I can't pronounce it the anaesthetist way at all...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Damn Americans bastardizing the language, what can ya do?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    katralla wrote:
    and anesthesiologist.

    Whats the british english version? And of aluminum too?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    something silly and aluminium.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    katralla wrote:
    aluminium.

    Thats how it is here too... :confused: (minus my bad spelling)
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    my_name wrote:
    Thats how it is here too... :confused: (minus my bad spelling)
    There's one more i, read it carefully.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Indrid Cold wrote:
    There's one more i, read it carefully.

    Ahhh, I see, I searched it and it comes up both ways. Considering I can't spell it to begin with, I would never have noticed. Thanks.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Maths.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yeah, y'all say A-Loooo-min-um, we say al-you-min-e-um.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    my_name wrote:
    Ahhh, I see, I searched it and it comes up both ways. Considering I can't spell it to begin with, I would never have noticed. Thanks.

    It's more in the pronunciciation, where in chemistry different elements can sound quite similar it gets confusing. For example, aluminium oxide is called Alumina. So when I know Aluminium, and hear Aluminum, I was like, wtf is that :crazyeyes
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    katralla wrote:
    anesthesiologist is much easier to say, I can't pronounce it the anaesthetist way at all...

    You also have to drawl it out, as though you have been at the gas yourself.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Definatley maths, my sis watches so much yank TV programmes she sometimes speaks like one its sooo anoying.
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