On 24/03/2011 17:28, Olin Lathrop wrote:
> RussellMc wrote:
>> >  We antipodeans also use 'maths' and not 'math'. The latter has never
>> >  been used here afaik, and would instantly identify you as a furriner.
> So you would actually say "I have to do my maths homework now."?  That wo=
uld
> definitely be wrong here.
>
>

Yes.
Don't be fooled by fact that we all use English. It's not the same=20
English. Even when the words mean the same and spellings the same, the=20
Grammar varies too.

Definitely it was Maths Homework the dog ate long ago. At Primary School=20
no Maths. All Arithmetic even if it wasn't. One of the Three Rs. Reading=20
Writing and Arithmetic.
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