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Is -6 colder than -8?
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Language isn't only about logic, its about what is spoken, and Maths came before Math!
Ya right.This is coming from people that call a trunk a bum.Or whatever it is that British folks call it.
Ya right.This is coming from people that call a trunk a bum.Or whatever it is that British folks call it.
A boot...an elephant has a trunk...
If all the people who failed the IQ test were exterminated, who would be left to make you feel superior?
We also shorten economics to econ.
Doesn't that get a bit tiresome, lugging two cars around everywhere you walk
A "trunk" is a line that carries multiple simultaneous telephone or data calls BTW. Why would you have one of those in your car?
So do we
. But it is possible to have two different meanings for the same word based on context.So do we
Unless the word is "trunk".
You don't talk about a trunk meaning swimming trunks though do you? Swimming trunks are always in the plural. I am wearing my swimming trunks. Not what do think of my swimming trunk.
a trunk is definitely a car part lol
to quote calvin and hobbes sorta "why do we have to learn other languages? everybody should just speak english!"
and apparently from this thread i mean american english haha
to quote calvin and hobbes sorta "why do we have to learn other languages? everybody should just speak english!"
and apparently from this thread i mean american english haha
Who the heck's wearing swimming trunks when it's -8° out there? Or worse: -6°?
If one of my Brit mates has another scissor to go with mine, we'll have a pair and can cut this nonsense out...
Oh, and it is definitely "trunk" on the car, as the first ones were simple steamer-style trunks lashed on to the back. Making it part of the car's manufacture came later. If you believe otherwise, you've got bees in your bonnet. Or hood, whatever...
Oh, and it is definitely "trunk" on the car, as the first ones were simple steamer-style trunks lashed on to the back. Making it part of the car's manufacture came later. If you believe otherwise, you've got bees in your bonnet. Or hood, whatever...
Just to settle the mathematics etymology question: we're both right!!
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=mathematics&searchmode=none
Looks like the abbreviation was officially standardized into British and American English in different ways around the turn of the 20th century.
It seems that this word did not pass into English through French, unlike some 60% of our vocabulary...I was sure Cromulent's hypothesis was right before I looked it up, 'cuz I've done this hundreds of times after an argument with a French person who wants to pronounce all English words with a French accent because "they came from French anyway," and they're usually right...but in this case no.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=mathematics&searchmode=none
Looks like the abbreviation was officially standardized into British and American English in different ways around the turn of the 20th century.
It seems that this word did not pass into English through French, unlike some 60% of our vocabulary...I was sure Cromulent's hypothesis was right before I looked it up, 'cuz I've done this hundreds of times after an argument with a French person who wants to pronounce all English words with a French accent because "they came from French anyway," and they're usually right...but in this case no
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i mean, -6 to -8 is only 4 degrees difference
I love seeing stuff like this go mostly unnoticed while large debates on what to call the Mathematical field fly around....
How is -6° worse than -8°? isn't -8° colder?
Canadians?
Or anyone who is a member of a Polar Bear Club.
And why, precisely, is that sad? When did knowledge of scientific jargon become a barometer of intellectual sophistication?
What is really sad is the current state of written English...
It is more just the state of a lot of basic science people just do not seem to get.
I can think of countless example of things I have read or seen people argue that would make anyone with an understanding of basic science just drop there jaw.
It just a sad state that next to now one has ever heard of a lot of basic science jargon.
I'm pretty sure this is part of the Canadian Citizenship test
That and being able to correctly say "r-r-r-roll up the r-r-r-rim to win!"
I donno about you guys, but "fobbed me off" in my mind (and, unfortunately ONLY in my mind) means something completely different...
And I wish people did it to me more often
You crazy brits and your queens and your funny word use'ages
And I wish people did it to me more often
You crazy brits and your queens and your funny word use'ages
I donno about you guys, but "fobbed me off" in my mind (and, unfortunately ONLY in my mind) means something completely different...
And I wish people did it to me more often
You crazy brits and your queens and your funny word use'ages
I always laugh when I hear you yanks call each other jerks. Hahaha.
You should learn some cockney rhyming slang, now that is gold.
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