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Maths (mander.xyz)

submitted 5 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 10 points 5 months ago

There's more than one type of math. Would you say physic?

[-] PrimeErective@startrek.website 6 points 5 months ago

Or sport?

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

C m8 they'res only 1 kinda reel sport nd thats footie.

[-] onion@feddit.de 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Germans and French do

[-] slurpinderpin@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah I get it, but I’m more curious why it’s said differently?

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

You should be asking yourself that. ;)

[-] nyctre@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

There's usually a long explanation for these types of things which most of the time boils down to "because that's how people have been saying it and it's become the norm."

Many linguistical mistakes have been overused to the point of them changing their meaning. Take "decimation". It used to mean to kill 1 in every 10. Because it sounds cool and has been used in a lot of media, it now mainly means to kill or destroy a large part of something.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago

The meaning of “siege” has gone from sitting outside a castle or town until everyone starves to just about any kind of military action involving a building. Probably partly because the Iran embassy Siege off the 80s was endlessly represented on TV by footage of the SAS breaking the siege by abseiling through the windows.