Originally posted by sasquatch672Alooooooominum. Why do you all do it?
Okay - here's the real question. Why do you euros call mathematics "maths"? It's infuriating. The short name - "math" - is a collective plural, like "people", that encompasses the field of study. Adding the "s" is redundant. Why do you all do it?
Originally posted by RolfeyNo, it means he's a sexual predator. Tyrannosauras Rex primarily scavenged on carrion so...Okay, should not have gone down that road.. 😞
being english i can confidently say that your language came from ours, as your (american) ancestors were most likely from here or ireland. therefore why do you call it math?!
plus, and i don't intend to offend, if you're a sexual tyrannosauras does that mean you're extint in the bedroom?
Math ain't flawed, nor is maths. Most Americans are neither English nor Irish, but many, like my ancestors, were German, which means they kept whipping the folks that taught you the language you now call English (the French), corrupting a language once derived from that of my ancestors. But, nothing in England is pure or original. The first great literary text in English, for example, was brought over by the Danes when they invaded (it's called Beowulf, and Copenhagen now sits where once stirred the monster that a Swede killed to rescue the Danes).
Americans preserve the English language (even though most Americans can neither read nor spell) because the English no longer know how to speak. If you want the King's English, it, too, is preserved by illiterate hillbillies in southern Appalachia.
Originally posted by WulebgrThe English really can't speak, innit?
Math ain't flawed, nor is maths. Most Americans are neither English nor Irish, but many, like my ancestors, were German, which means they kept whipping the folks that taught you the language you now call English (the French), corrupting a language once derived from that of my ancestors. But, nothing in England is pure or original. The first great literary te ...[text shortened]... t the King's English, it, too, is preserved by illiterate hillbillies in southern Appalachia.
Originally posted by RolfeyIt is because a negative plus a negative ALWAYS equals a positive.
so, -2 multiplied by -2 equals positive 4. i understand how this works (but can't explain it well so look it up if you disbelieve me). what i want to know is as this rule was man made does this make our maths wrong?!
discuss!
Originally posted by RolfeyImagine you are emptying a pool of water at a rate of 2 units per second. This is obviously the same as filling the pool at -2 units per second. Now if I were to film this and then later watch the tape in reverse at twice the speed what would it look like I was doing to the pool? It would appear to be filling at 4 units per second (according to time counted while watching).
so, -2 multiplied by -2 equals positive 4. i understand how this works (but can't explain it well so look it up if you disbelieve me). what i want to know is as this rule was man made does this make our maths wrong?!
discuss!
-2 * -2 = 4
Originally posted by sasquatch672Why do you not call "Physical Sciences" "Physic" in that case???
Okay - here's the real question. Why do you euros call mathematics "maths"? It's infuriating. The short name - "math" - is a collective plural, like "people", that encompasses the field of study. Adding the "s" is redundant. Why do you all do it?