wee don ned no ejucashun

wee don ned no ejucashun.

But what does it all mean Mr. Natural?

Arithetic: An Ari Fleischer press briefing beginning with a poetic thesis.

Arithetic Dealing with numeracy and morals. OK class, lets count the commandments.

Pathmetic 1. A sad deferred success in spelling the word arithmetic. 2. A substance which when taken orally induces 1.

That would be coffee, tea, or any other drink containing caffeine.

RED BULL BABY, it gives you wingsmetic!!!

As an aside to the main topic (but not too much of a threadjacking), does anyone know why the American abbreviation of mathematics is math as opposed to the UK maths?

We just have one math :smiley:

And do hardened drinkers over there drink meth or meths? (I’d like to suggest a plea bargain about the threadjacking.)

Methamphetamines?

From the [u]MathWorld[/u] website:

The term “mathematics” is often shortened to “math” in informal American speech and “maths” in British English. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term “math” has been in usage in London and the United States since 1890. The first usage of “maths” first occurred as a colloquialism 21 years later. The term “math” also means a Hindu convent, so since the introduction of the variant “maths” corresponds to the period where Queen Victoria was empress of India, perhaps the trailing “s” was added to avoid confusion in India.

I really gotta go look at some other websites one day.

Math is easier to say.

“Maths” is pronounced exactly the same as “mass” in my speech, and since it lacks the “th” sound I think it’s easier to say.

I had a musical epiphany recently: it struck me that if you ignore the aggressive vocals, the backing to the Pink Floyd song is pure disco music. Bizarre combinashun.




Edited once to correct spelling.