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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And why is the main dinner course in American cuisine called an entree!

Why is laboratory pronounced differently in British and American English?

Maths vs Math as an abbreviation?

I demand answers to these eternal mysteries that Google can’t explain!![/quote]

NP. “Maths” is like nails on a chalkboard for me! Glad Americans changed that one. [/quote]

Totally agree with this statement.

When a poster uses the word "maths", I tend to tune out.[/quote]

Oh leave logic out of it!  Though logically aluminium makes much more sense than aluminum.

It always sounds weird to me as an American but it does make sense — after all, mathematics is plural.[/quote]

Technically, yes, but the field as a whole is a collective noun. "Mathematics isn't my favorite subject."

And do you say "econs," so it matches "economics"?

Brits are also sure that "gotten" sounds childish, but they say "forgotten," so perhaps we could just leave them to their smug illogic and move on.[/quote][/quote]

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