When did “math,” short for “mathematics,”become “maths,” and why wasn’t I informed?

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2025-03-04 15:10

When did “math,” short for “mathematics,”become “maths,” and why wasn’t I informed?

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4 小時內	Paul Barnaby peebeeteewhu1965	Another ignorant American 😃
5 小時內	alex alexndr0s	20 years ago
6 小時內	Carl M Cox carl_m_cox	It never did! It’s always been MATHS, an abbreviation of the word MATHEMATICS. That is how the English, whose language it is, decide it is said. Your abbreviation to MATH, is not only incorrect but sounds stupid when spoken out loud. If you’re going to use our language then have the decency to use it correctly.
6 小時內	Richard Ham richardgham1	About half way across the Nortg Atlantic heading east.
12 小時內	Peter Spence peterspencecoaching	It’s always been ‘maths’ short for mathematics! When you’re in uk
12 小時內	Belinda Lee bindibarritt	It's been a thing everywhere outside of the US for a long, long time.
12 小時內	Rod Wigg on_the_cusp_of	Math’s? 🤷🏻‍♂️
15 小時內	Awinash Nerurkar awinash10454	If you’re American, you are probably not informed of a lot of stuff. I hope you’ve been informed that you have a lunatic running your country.
15 小時內	AKP ori_812	In South Africa it's been maths as long as I can remember. May be some colonial left over from the British?
16 小時內	Michelle Micallef rhythmnmelody	Side effect of making English the official language of the US