@stupidlittlegenius: Replying to @LynEson🩵 Why does the UK say maths, but the USA says math? Did we add the S or did they take it away? Well one is a medieval fossil, and the other is Noah Webster’s colour obsession! Both are right, both are wrong. British English is spitting its tea out, American English is just plain confused and all we want to do is find the calculator!! Welcome to linguistics! #LearnOnTikTok #linguistics #englishlanguage #etymology #ukvsusa

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coneheaddddd
iyhaykcyh :
I'm curious, what's the real spelling of catalogue?
2026-07-04 18:32:34
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peedeejay
Flip :
My take out - America is wrong
2026-07-05 09:10:25
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lightfoot.antique
Lightfoot Antique Mall :
Maths sounds awful.
2026-07-04 21:19:02
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notttwarren
Warren :
cause it's short for mathematics. it's a plural world
2026-07-04 21:25:36
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4xotc
★☆★ :
I've always wondered why english says "maths" but not "sciences".
2026-07-04 21:22:39
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bigjohn1452
Big John145 :
I can't tell if I find you annoying or fascinating. I stay every time to try and figure it out and I end up further away from the answer
2026-07-04 22:23:47
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_krisiqn_
𝚔𝚛𝚒𝚜i :
in bulgaria we call it "matematika" so in singular
2026-07-04 18:09:58
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the.0thers
Phases :
Then how come Chemistry isn’t plural either? It encompasses a very large amount of topics as well.
2026-07-04 19:15:58
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l0v5curs3
☠️_B0N3Z_☠️ :
maths feels more natural than math
2026-07-05 17:50:46
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sam631541
Sam :
We say ‘Lego’ while they say ‘Lego’s’, it’s the opposite.
2026-07-05 08:20:43
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ukhumble0
UK humble 01 🇬🇧🇪🇺 :
It was my understanding in US newspaper's were printed and charged by the letter and not the word as it was in Europe. Hence the fashion to start dropping letters without interfering with the understanding of the word. Any truth in this?
2026-07-05 02:50:38
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1luna.chan
💮𓂃˖˳ ִֶָ˖ྀᥣᥙᥒᥲ˖🪽 :
I dont like my mean teacher you teach me more than my mean teachers
2026-07-04 18:11:47
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davflix
🄳🄰🅅🄵🄻🄸🅇 :
You really should be a presenter on Children's TV. Kids would learn and have fun with you at the same time. Some TV scout, needs to pick you up.
2026-07-05 05:30:54
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deerbear
DeerBear :
Maths is correct. Noah Webster was completely wrong about the simplification because, for example, colour does use the u but as a vibration rather than a letter; if you say “colour”, the u is ABSOLUTELY there.
2026-07-05 05:04:05
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rynrants3
Rynrants :
As an American that says "math" I do kind of think maths is right
2026-07-05 18:07:39
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derpysleepyhead
derpysleepyhead :
I’m British, but cannot for the life of me say maths, not sure why but I struggle to say some words that end in s like for example ghosts, but I can say math so I just say math and sometimes some people notice and tease me for it but they don’t notice it as often as me struggling to say maths lol
2026-07-04 18:47:53
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j__friend
j__friend :
How about theater vs. theatre?
2026-07-04 18:51:53
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junimo02
Charlotte :
My show is on!
2026-07-04 18:28:52
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baghdydied
𝔹𝕒𝕘𝕙𝕕𝕪 :
Do you have a PhD in linguistics?
2026-07-04 19:42:28
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raeynbowboi
Gay Writes :
uncountables are single case. sand. we only say sands in expressions like the sands of time. same with snow and rain. the singular doesn't mean a single grain, flake, or drop. water also means the whole thing. the meat on a cow includes many varieties of cut, but its all meat not meats.
2026-07-04 21:41:27
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