XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.windows7.general   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 28/01/2026 9:01 am, Char Jackson wrote:   
   > On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:59:05 +1100, Daniel70   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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!!   
   >   
   > You want awkward? Try telling everyone "I won a maths debate! I won a   
   > maths debate!" See if they look at you funny.   
   >   
   Easily done!! Much more easily done than debating the Mass of things   
   .... you know like having a Mass Debate!! ;-P   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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