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To get us under-way:-

In British English "gotten" is not a word

Buying a Nikon does not make you a photographer, it makes you a Nikon owner.

Contrary to what might seem apparent, nobody on Facebook really cares what you had for dinner much less wants to see a picture of your meal.

An accent is not the same as a dialect, accents are how words are pronounced where as dialects include local words and/or alternative usage for words not included in the language's wider use.

In mathematics, there is an internationally accepted order of operations, however, remembering this does not give you the right to be smug and look down on other Facebook users whom either lack the education or merely the interest to remember such things that are of little to no use to them in their daily lives.

As a friend of mine once said, measuring intelligence by exam results is like measuring digestion by turd length.

 
Would just like to point out what a perfectionist you AM :3: :5: :17:
 
FFS Ian don't get Clive started on accents and dialects again I remember Kefkat getting the full wrath of Clive on that very subject.
 
Typical, I put that as the 4th of 6 comments and that's still what you bloody Yam Yams pick up on :3:


 
PMSL that was just unreal gator dude lol, i couldn't get the difference between the two ffs that rattled me brain left right and centre, already suffer with headaches ffs lol, so just to get this right cos my brain struggles to remember the thing's i learn lol an i ay joking ffs, an accent is the way the words sound from an area, a dialect is the actual words said and written?
 
ClivetheVillan - 18/8/2014 12:39
an accent is the way the words sound from an area, a dialect is the actual words said and written?
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Villan Of The North - 18/8/2014 11:39

Typical, I put that as the 4th of 6 comments and that's still what you bloody Yam Yams pick up on :3:
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LOL I reme,bered something from ages ago, no google neither, fook me i am chiffed, PMSL woohoo
 
ClivetheVillan - 18/8/2014 11:39

PMSL that was just unreal gator dude lol, i couldn't get the difference between the two ffs that rattled me brain left right and centre, already suffer with headaches ffs lol, so just to get this right cos my brain struggles to remember the thing's i learn lol an i ay joking ffs, an accent is the way the words sound from an area, a dialect is the actual words said and written?
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You have been busy with the dictionary :17:
 
:19: Seriously my brain is like a siv, no way would i pass my old Engineering qualifications now, but tbh i have been doing free online training maths just like the division and multiplications, next is English, defo doing a college course just can't pick one, need something so when my eyesight goes in the future i could still do the job, tough maybe comupter course cos they magnify the screen and brail keypads etc, :69:

Hey gator dude, me giving KK wrath is like Frank Bruno (me) and Tyson (KK) only one winner there dude, when she goes off on the defensive she goes like a pitbull chasing a rabbit :10: :10: :19:
 
I`d like to point out that "math" is maths without the "s".
I will never,ever,ever call maths math.
 
Clubpaver - 18/8/2014 13:12

I`d like to point out that "math" is maths without the "s".
I will never,ever,ever call maths math.
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Let's examine the grammar of this.

Dictionary definition of mathematics: - the abstract science of number, quantity, and space, either as abstract concepts ( pure mathematics ), or as applied to other disciplines such as physics and engineering ( applied mathematics )

Note that this covers several areas of study requiring common skill sets with many areas of cross-over, ergo the pluralisation, "mathematics"

As is the case with many words, abbreviation is acceptable. If one abbreviates the singular form of a word the abbreviation reflects this, eg. bicycle becomes bike. If one abbreviates the plural form of the word then the abbreviation is also pluralised, eg bicycles becomes bikes.

Following this same logic the word mathematic would abbreviate to math but as the word mathematic has no practical usage it is always mathematics and as such the abbreviation should always be maths. There is an argument to say that the word mathematical could be abbreviated to math, however this is not common usage and as such, we can dismiss it.


I now await our American cousins attempts to refute my logic :17:

 
Holland isn't a country, it's a region in the Netherlands. It just annoys me so much for some reason, maybe it's because people who should know better get it wrong or maybe it's just that I can't understand the logic behind it.
 
"Ulster" is not a synonym for "Northern Ireland" (in spite of the best efforts of Doctor Ian Paisley et al). Northern Ireland consists of six counties, all of which are in the ancient Irish province of Ulster. However, there are three other counties in Ulster. They are Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan. These counties are in the Republic of Ireland.
Speaking of which, the formal name of that state in English is "Ireland".
"Southern Ireland" as a description of that part of the island which is not Northern Ireland is, in my opinion, both sloppy and, from a geographic point of view, illogical. After all, Donegal is in the "south" yet it contains the most northerly point on the island, Malin Head.
(In case anyone thinks this is "a bit Irish", please bear in mind that the partition of the island was the work of the British government....)

More later, when I think of other things.
 
david-avfc - 18/8/2014 12:51

Holland isn't a country, it's a region in the Netherlands. It just annoys me so much for some reason, maybe it's because people who should know better get it wrong or maybe it's just that I can't understand the logic behind it.
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I never knew this but had always wondered about the two different names. Thank you. :14:
 
david-avfc - 18/8/2014 13:51

Holland isn't a country, it's a region in the Netherlands. It just annoys me so much for some reason, maybe it's because people who should know better get it wrong or maybe it's just that I can't understand the logic behind it.
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The region, however, does cover most of The Netherlands.
 
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