MATH

why have we got the word MATH now it was always MATHS and still is,also GAY it is hetrosexual and homosexual two perfectly good words, and we are all now GUYS not men and wonen.

Roy

I'm sticking with Maths Roy..another bit of brainwashing from the good 'ol
USA.

There's nowt wrong wi'calling 'em SHIRT-LIFTERS !

Don't start me off on Americanisms.....they drive me potty! "Math" and "Guys".....so annoying! But "Gay" stands for "Good As You".

Damn Yankeeeeeeees

Where did Maths come from. It was always arithmetic when I started school??

When I was at Saint Josephs Wigan we called it Sums

Q: How many Labour Party members does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: None. They haven't got a policy on that.

How do cordy..from another St Joseph's child.

If it's an abbreviation of mathematics, should it not be math's, and not maths?

Check with this lot.

No Tuddy. Unless, of course, the Maths belonged to Math and then they would be Math's. They would be Math's Maths!

I thought Mathematics, maths, was the collective term for all branches such as Geometry, Trigonometry, Algebra, Arithmetic and of course hard sums.

Dianne Abbott will know the answer.

Love to see DA's maths homework from her school

A few demerit marks no doubt

she strikes me as a wench who played a lot o truant....made her way in life like a lot o female movie stars iffn ya follow my drift
don't fergit to vote cordy....this other "guy" frightens the b****y life outa me...he"s gonna get rid of our "nukes" and replace them with arm chairs to sit down and talk???????

Billy,
In an ideal world sitting down with a cup of tea is ideal but we don't live in an ideal world and I don't think that nutter from North Korea will be sat at the table. The other drawback is if you are sat at a table with a catapult and the other guy has a rifle then one guy has the edge before the " pleasant talks" start.

TOTALY AGREE BROADY...
this clown is on record as saying we would be better off without an army??????
we are in deep s**t broady.....there are goons actualy going to vote him in power???

if you are sat at a table with a catapult and the other guy has a rifle

That's the part Corbyn doesn't get

Unfortunately we don't live on a level playing field

Great Britain with Corbyn.....
Forget it

Billy -- Yes we will be voting nice and early for Mrs May

Derived from the Latin word mathematica. Translated to English as singular mathematic and plural mathematics. After taking Latin for five years at school I only appreciated the benefit later on. At the time I couldn't see any.

I enjoyed maths but not algebra.

Calculus, and Complex Numbers were my favourites. Suddenly maths was transformed from just collective calculations, to a very elegant set of tools for analysis and modelling of real world stuff that was otherwise difficult to represent.

Fancy, 'imagining' a number and it being the right one!

Did anyone else feel that maths was very badly taught?

Teachers behaving as if they were guardians of The Magic Circle, with each trick being but slowly revealed, one at a time, to those tasked with learning the stuff.

Maths seemed to be this slowly revealed set of tricks.

It was only my reading much later in life which allowed me to view mathematics with a deeper understanding.