Hi Chris -

Perhaps you've noticed that American usage is a bit different
from other flavors of the language. I'm not offering my argot
as a standard, but I've never heard a native speaker say "maths".
I'm in my 50's, so that takes care of the MTV hypothesis.

Bugs Bunny may be a possibility, though.

best regards, Jack

Chris Carr wrote:
>
> > John Gardner wrote:
> > >
> > >> > That math is often useful to describe the behaviour of the
> > >> > universe is a happy circumstance, but so far has not been
> > >> > shown to be more than that.
> > >
> > >> By "... more than that ...", do you mean being able to "explain"
> > >> the meaning of life and the genesis of the universe, etc,
> > >> as opposed to simply being a way to "describe" it?
> > >
> > >As in the universe, the meaning of life, & all that?  :)
> > >
> > >Math as gnosis is an ancient, interesting idea. The power
> > >math has given us over the world tempts us to argue, like
> > >Isidore Rabi : "What the hell else do you want - Mermaids?"
> > >Reasonable, but illogical, so I guess I do.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Well then that is the answer. "Math" is not the correct tool to
> > answer those kinds of questions, so ........... look elsewhere.
> >
> Could it be because Math is a subset of Maths. Instead of using a
> tool, it might help to use tools. 8-)
>
> When did Maths (short for Mathematics) become Math (short for Mathematic ?).
> Just lazy spelling or is Math in reality a dumbed down
> version of Maths for the MTV/Cartoon Network Generation with short
> attention spans.

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