Banter RDT 162 - Gimme, Gimme, Gimme A Man After Census Night

[kane249]

I'm watching a new doco on Netflix about it. Guessing it's the one you recommended? It's called Turning Point

Yep that's the one

What's your take on it?

 

[Truckosaurus]

Ouch!

Oh good, I'm not the only one who laughed at that. I won't be alone in hell.

 

[DanWCE]

Yep that's the one

What's your take on it?

Bit of an eye opener, I'm largely uneducated in the back story and history before it unfolded, ie the Soviet Afghanistan war, and also didn't realise the reactionary powers the USA rubber stamped for themselves to react. I'm a few eps in. Pretty interesting so far, and also confronting.

 

[kane249]

Bit of an eye opener, I'm largely uneducated in the back story and history before it unfolded, ie the Soviet Afghanistan war, and also didn't realise the reactionary powers the USA rubber stamped for themselves to react. I'm a few eps in. Pretty interesting so far, and also confronting.

Yeah I was vaguely aware of the goings on in Afghanistan prior to 9/11 and the Russian history. Most of my knowledge probably came from that Rambo movie set there.

 

[ashley12]

I am on BF for the first time in weeks, scrolling the thread and the girlfriend is making enchiladas as I read this. Spooky

Ironically, Apu is probably a die-hard cricket fan.

Nah, he likes baseball, the Mets are his favourite squadron.

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The 9/11 thread is just the most insane timecapsule on the internet for mine. The comment of "did the building land on Lleyton Hewitt" as first response always brings out the random feels.

 

[Bender_]

Watching Cocaine Cowboys on Neckflix* - yet another well produced and blinged up doco about South America and cocaine. One of the first interviewees just said: "For all intensive purposes."

How long until dumb shits rewrite language with enough errors to make it commonplace?

*my daughter legit thought it was called Neckflix. Will never let that go.

 

[Dazzler9]

Watching Cocaine Cowboys on Neckflix* - yet another well produced and blinged up doco about South America and cocaine. One of the first interviewees just said: "For all intensive purposes."

How long until dumb shits rewrite language with enough errors to make it commonplace?

*my daughter legit thought it was called Neckflix. Will never let that go.

It's already well and truly happened mate. Verse instead of versus, a.k.a. instead of i.e. , predominately instead of predominantly...

 

[Quinz]

People who don't know when to use 'less' or 'fewer'

 

[Barrybran]

It's already well and truly happened mate. Verse instead of versus, a.k.a. instead of i.e. , predominately instead of predominantly...

My kids are all in on math over maths

 

[Mr Eagle]

Literally.

 

[Mr Eagle]

/Oblig.

 

[Ochre]

I could care less tbh

 

[Truckosaurus]

People who don't know when to use 'less' or 'fewer'

You can blame the Americans for that. In American English "less" is always used.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

 

[ashley12]

People who don't know when to use 'less' or 'fewer'

Shut up Stannis.

 

[DanWCE]

My boss loves defiantly over definitely. Sends a completely different message in his emails.

 

[Dazzler9]

My boss loves defiantly over definitely. Sends a completely different message in his emails.

Grammar and spelling mistakes are easy to make, but I don't understand how anyone can make that one.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Grammar and spelling mistakes are easy to make, but I don't understand how anyone can make that one.

The worst one for me is lose and loose. It’s so common and I just don’t get it.

 

[Dazzler9]

But that's a whole 'nother subject.

 

[Ochre]

You guys are just bias.

 

[Dazzler9]

The worst one for me is lose and loose. It’s so common and I just don’t get it.

Worse and worst is a common mix up

 

[Luuuc]

My kids are all in on math over maths

That's one I actually don't mind.
If mathematics was just the plural of mathematic then I'd be 100% pro-maths, but it ain't, so I can accept math. I'm good irregardless of which one people choose to use.

 

[Dazzler9]

According to something I googled -

Is “math” or “maths” the correct word to use as the shortened or colloquial form of the word mathematics? The answer is that it depends on where you are.


To North American speakers of English, the word to use is “math”, as in “I majored in math”, and “maths” would sound wrong. Speakers of British English, however, would always say “maths”, as in “I took a degree in maths”. They would never say “math”.


There are logical arguments for both spellings. The word “mathematics” can be considered as a singular and as a plural noun. Both the Oxford and the Merriam-Webster dictionaries say the word is plural – hence the s on the end – but also that it is usually used as if it was a singular noun. So, most people would say “mathematics is my best subject” and not “mathematics are my best subject”. The shortened form “maths”, then, makes sense because the word is still a plural noun and so should still have the “s” on the end. On the other hand, it could be argued, “math” makes sense because it seems wrong to remove the letters “ematic” from the middle of the word and leave the final “s”.


There are a number of other plural nouns that are used as if they were singular – for example economics, ethics, politics, gymnastics, measles and dominoes. These words, however, are not habitually shortened, making math/maths rather an unusual word.


It’s sometimes surprising how much argument and disagreement small differences such as that single letter can make. Readers in the UK, for example, sometimes get very upset if someone writes “math” rather than “maths”. No doubt the reverse is true in the US. In practice, it’s simply worth being aware of the geographical differences so that you can use the correct form of the word in your writing.

 

[kane249]

Grammar and spelling mistakes are easy to make, but I don't understand how anyone can make that one.

Sounds like you are making a mute point

 

[Godfather32]

Sounds like you are making a mute point

It's the moops. The correct answer is the moops