XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.windows7.general   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 26/01/2026 11:43 pm, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > On 2026/1/26 11:13:59, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >> On 26/01/2026 2:01 am, R.Wieser wrote:   
      
      
      
   >>>> Isn't language fun!   
   >>>   
   >>> Almost as funny as math.  :-(   
   >   
   > Well, I enjoy it. (Can't really help it in my family - both parents were   
   > language teachers and brother works for the dictionary.) And I do enjoy   
   > _some_ maths (UK spelling!) too.   
      
   As much as it grates on me, I can, sort of, accept the Yank 'Math' ... I   
   mean the full word IS 'MathematicS' and, if you were going to truncate   
   it by dropping the tail-end, then ALSO dropping the 's' makes sense   
   ..... but it sounds so awkward!!   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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