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THE REASON WHY AMERICANS SAY MATH AND NOT MATHS  

spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
11/3/2021 1:10 pm

    Quoting  :

You're right. It took me quite a while to understand what Americans meant by a backyard. A yard here is an outdoor paved or tarmacked enclosed area where things are stored or where people work. It's not a back garden.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
11/3/2021 1:12 pm

    Quoting pal334:
    After so many years in the military and travel to other countries I am much more comfortable with the languages. I use Math, just something more comforatble for me. I don't think I am bi lingual but I do enjoy it
Travel always means learning new words and new meanings to old words.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
11/3/2021 1:18 pm

    Quoting lok4fun500:
    I don't think aboot it!
    I say "math" ..................arithmetic when I was a youngster! but then, I'm Canadian!
There must be also quite a few differences between Canadian English and British English, though I suspect not as many as between American English and British English. I could be wrong though!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
11/3/2021 1:20 pm

    Quoting cozzycouple:
    Oh the joy of it.
    There is American-English, all versions from each direction of the compass
    There is British - English
    The rest of British Isles speak another dialect of English all together
    The Canadians speak some form of English .... "aboat"
    Then you lot haven't dealt with Australian - English,
    commonly refered to as "Strine".
    Get your dictionaries out on that one, people
I understand American English far better than British English spoken by Glaswegians!
Thansk for stopping by.


lok4fun500 M
51906 posts
11/3/2021 4:40 pm

    Quoting spunkycumfun:
    There must be also quite a few differences between Canadian English and British English, though I suspect not as many as between American English and British English. I could be wrong though!
There are several differences between Canadian and American English....e.g. we say pop, they say soda!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
11/4/2021 12:46 am

    Quoting lok4fun500:
    There are several differences between Canadian and American English....e.g. we say pop, they say soda!
Here, pop means a fizzy drink and soda is fizzy water.


scoupe42 60M

11/4/2021 8:05 am

    Quoting spunkycumfun:
    Winston Churchill once said, “Americans and British are one people separated by a common language.”
I agree 100% Good Blog.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
11/4/2021 11:18 am

    Quoting scoupe42:
    I agree 100% Good Blog.
I'm pleased you liked the blog post.


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