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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:12 am
by Captain Hesperus
DaddyHoggy wrote:When I did my secondment from the UK MOD at CALCE based at the U of MD (College Park) it took me a little while to get used to hearing it called by the singular rather than the plural i.e. "I'm off to math class" or more oddly (for me) simply, "I'm going to math".
I used to call it 'going to hell'.....
Captain Hesperus
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:13 pm
by wackyman465
I'm kidding here.. I understand the math's vs maths difference - my 5th grade teacher made sure of that - but where I live, we say "math"...
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:50 pm
by DaddyHoggy
Large selection of emoticons available to indicate "kidding" - it helps avoid misinterpretation of your words...
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:53 pm
by wackyman465
Ah yes, but haven't you ever heard of the
smiley intervention?
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:47 pm
by 0235
i was hoping i would cause a stir by showing everone orbiter, not my poor grammer, oh well.
