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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: an0n on February 15, 2006, 07:54:48 am
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"The parallel between infants' and rhesus monkeys' performance on the task is particularly striking."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4713714.stm
Apparently babies can equate the number of voice they hear to the number of people they see.
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wait...so you people across the pond actually call it "maths"?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*wipes away tear* I thought it was just an internet thing, like saying "oh noes!"
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Oh teh noes!!!
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Strictly speaking, we call it Mathematics, but yep, it usually gets shortened to Maths :)
Anyway... Aloominum :p
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wait...so you people across the pond actually call it "maths"?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*wipes away tear* I thought it was just an internet thing, like saying "oh noes!"
Totally not following you here. What should we be calling it?
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At least you don't pronounce it like the hicks do 'round here..
Aloonimum. MUM. :ha: Sometimes Aloonimun! :yes:
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Arithmetic of course.
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In the US they drop the 's' so that it is called 'Math', which is strictly speaking correct, since, whilst there are several fields of Mathematics, they all involve doing Math, however it's all a bit ambiguos these days, it's like the the quote 'The exception proves the rule'. Nowadays that makes little sense, until you look at what the meaning of the word 'prove' actually is ;)
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It's our language - we're right.
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In the US they drop the 's' so that it is called 'Math', which is strictly speaking correct, since, whilst there are several fields of Mathematics, they all involve doing Math, however it's all a bit ambiguos these days, it's like the the quote 'The exception proves the rule'. Nowadays that makes little sense, until you look at what the meaning of the word 'prove' actually is ;)
I just wanted clarification from the Shivan himself but I assume that's what he means.
The thing that strikes me about calling it math is that math suggests a shortening of the word mathematic rather than mathematics. Therefore 'to do math' is 'to do mathematic'. On the other hand 'to do maths' is 'to do mathematics' which just makes more sense.
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At least you don't pronounce it like the hicks do 'round here..
Aloonimum. MUM. :ha: Sometimes Aloonimun! :yes:
hehehe I can just see people walking around thinking storage cans can be built out of A Loony Mum ;)
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It's been maths for as long as I know, short for Mathamatics aye.
Just because you breakaways molest everything with your barbarian tongues. :p
Though I guess the Australian language has a more relaxed english than the UK. But for the most part its the same, just a few more abbreviations, slang, and different pronunciations.
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There's a hell of a lot of slang in UK English and it varies a lot between areas too. Cockney rhyming slang is an excessive example but it gives you some idea of how far it can go. :nod:
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Cor blimey Guv'nor! Strike a light!
Would you take a Butchers at them Bristols!
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See, this is why 'Southern Wanker' entered my vocabulary at a very early age.
Southerners, Chores, Gypos and Hawkers can all go **** themselves.
Yorkshiremen too. ****ing pidgeon-loving, coal-mining, inbred ****tards.
You speak properly, or you don't speak at all. Simple as that.
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LoL. :lol:
Not that you'd be discriminating anybody thar, noo...
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LOL
Honey! Fetch my rioting coat!
Seriously though, it's true Cockney Rhyming slang is bloody annoying, it was originally created as a sort of code, but it's really not needed any more, and the only reason people hang onto it is because people think it's 'quaint' or 'upholding the old traditions'.
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Cor blimey Guv'nor! Strike a light!
Would you take a Butchers at them Bristols!
Without a dictionary:
God Blind Me, Govenor (used for anyone higher in rank), create a light/light a match.
Would you take a look at those breasts/weapons*.
*I distinctly remember it being breasts, but Bristols rhymes with pistols, so there.
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Yup, pretty much spot on, it's Bristol Cities - Titties ;)
The 'Strike a Light' thing has always confused me though, I wonder if it's anything to do with working in confined spaces? ;)
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(http://www.aldertons.com/question.htm)
Trev would like to know the origin of the expression "strike a light", usually used as an exclamation (as in, "Strike a light, I though he was dead.")
1. H thinks he has the answer: Strike a light = ****e. On this note... one had to light a lamp if one had to go to the outside lavvy if one was caught short after dark........one could pee in the po' that was kept under the bed and throw the contents in the morning but anything else required a visit to the cludgy.
2. Colin suggests that this refers to someone lighting a match to help foil the malodorous effects of someone breaking wind. Sounds a bit dodgy to me, but...
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My problem with the '****e' explanation is that it's applying Midlands pronunciation to Southern speech, it was always pronouned as in 'kit' not 'kite' until about 10 years ago.
And lighting a match in the loo to get rid of unpleasant odours has been something people have done for a long time (in the assumption that the flame would burn off the 'gas') it doesn't work, but people still do it.
Edit : Just spoke to Mum about it, she's not sure, but it was something to do with lighting the Mantle-lamps in Portabello, it basically means, 'Get a clearer look.'.
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I took it to mean 'pay attention' or 'think'.
And '****e' is a Scottish variation of '****' that's leaked into English vernacular.
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Oh and 'butchers' is 'butchers hook', meaning 'look'.
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I took it to mean 'pay attention' or 'think'.
And '****e' is a Scottish variation of '****' that's leaked into English vernacular.
No, ****e is from the original old English word (schitan), dating from at least 1,000 years ago (probably from the form ****ten). The 'e' has simply been dropped over time. The Gaelic word for ****/e is 'chac' or 'caoch'.
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I meant recently.
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You know, if I had to put up with half the crazy slang you people across the pond seem to on a daily basis, I'd probably go nuts. :p
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We have our own crazy slang, we don't need to mix it with theirs.
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You know, if I had to put up with half the crazy slang you people across the pond seem to on a daily basis, I'd probably go nuts. :p
Ach, ahm sure if ye hopped ower here fer lang enuff ye'd ken whit we're on aboot fast as **** off a shovel, davinchy kerr?
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LOL The scary part is, I understood that perfectly :D
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LOL The scary part is, I understood that perfectly :D
Aye, but yer hitched tae a weegie, are ye no?
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hehehe though some of her friends still require a great deal of concentration when I go up to Glasgow ;)
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We call it Maths, and since Australia represents the peak of modern western civilization (well, parts of it do), Maths is correct.