Farin Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 But it's those math majors who are making the big bucks. Not that that is a measure of success. not really... it's the economy and business admin majors that get the big bucks and let math majors and computer science guys do all the work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 not really... it's the economy and business admin majors that get the big bucks and let math majors and computer science guys do all the work Computer science guys ? With a math degree you should be designing rockets or plotting the course to distant galaxies. That's where the money is, man. Either that or develop designer drugs for today's athletes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars88 Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 My chemistry prof at university had a really thick Polish accent. It took a while to figure out when he was saying Oopeesite, he meant opposite. Best of luck to all of you at college or university. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 ^ I had a Vietnamese (or Singapurian or some other South East Asian country) professor where I had the same problem and ^^Joe: I'm just reading a book where a mathematician is disgusted that he did groundbreaking mathematical work but only gets recognised because he did some insignificant astronomical stuff ("so you're the famous astronom?" - "I'm a mathematician, dammit!"), and now he has to do land surveying to make a living Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 I had an Austrian professor last year, and while health psychology would never have been my favourite subject anyway, that really thick accent of his really didn't help matters. (I feel obligated to apologise to Martin... that's only ever happened to me with older Austrian/German people ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 I wouldn't like to listen to old Austrian professors with thick accents either, so no need to apologise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Strangely enough I'm not all that creative either but I'm quite good at arts and languages I´m very good at arts and languages... in fact, it´s my profession... (spelling? ) I suck at maths... I like some science... it doesn´t like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Why does every country besides the U.S. call mathematics "maths" - plural? We just say "math." What's the difference? I'm not even trying to be a smart a** here, I'm sincerely curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Why does every country besides the U.S. call mathematics "maths" - plural? like you just did? I dunno, I guess I learned it that way or heard and remembered it like that... in German it's all singular: "Mathematik" or "Mathe" (this "th" pronounced like "t") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 Maybe the US contracts mathematics as a whole, while the other countries shorten the singular and add the 's' for plural? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 I just got a hemorrhoid last night :beady: What the hell is up with that?!! I don't eat stupid stuff, lift more than I should nor perform unnatural straining rituals in the bathroom. I've been 60 for less than a blooming week and now this! I don't know if I can enjoy my "golden years" if this crap is gonna pop up from nowhere with any degree of frequency. I may be old and worn, but I'm mad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 oH DEAR! a RIGHT OF PASSAGE (BAD CHOCE OF WORDS....) SO TO SPEAK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 I just got a hemorrhoid last night :beady: What the hell is up with that?!! I don't eat stupid stuff, lift more than I should nor perform unnatural straining rituals in the bathroom. I've been 60 for less than a blooming week and now this! I don't know if I can enjoy my "golden years" if this crap is gonna pop up from nowhere with any degree of frequency. I may be old and worn, but I'm mad! Careful Ron. That kind of stress can cause hemorrhoids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 I've been in a grumpy mood all day today...I don't know why I'm grumpy, but I am.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 I just got a hemorrhoid last night, old and worn Hmmm. Try not to strain so much . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 Why does every country besides the U.S. call mathematics "maths" - plural? We just say "math." What's the difference? I'm not even trying to be a smart a** here, I'm sincerely curious. Good question. In France it´s "mathématiques"... in Spanish it´s plural too. I believe it must be the whole group of mathematic operations and whatever you call them. Additions, substractions, algebra, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 Math sounds all encompassing to the American ear, I reckon. Is this done with anything else? It just sounds odd to me. It's like referring to music on the whole as "musics." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 do you say "physic" instead of physics too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 It's chiefly a British thing. Correctly and logically it would be math's . . . the contraction for mathematics. It adds up even if the dictionary subtracts my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 It's because the Americans can't spell, but we knew that all along, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 rite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 do you say "physic" instead of physics too? No, we are there with you on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fish Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 My MP3 Player grinds my gears today....it loses charge at a rate of knots!! I listen to it for an hour, switch it off and it's flat by the time I get back to it to listen again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 No, we are there with you on that one. well, I don't know if you're "with me" on that one... in German it's singular again: "Physik" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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