Funny Pic Thread VII - No swearing. No sex. No complaining. (READ FIRST POST)

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Famine
Allow me to contract.

Mathematics
Mathematics = Math
Mathematics = Math's

Apostrophes, of course, denoting missing letters in a concatenated contraction ("it is" -> "it is" -> "it's"). So... where do folk get "maths" from?
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It's a matter of preference, to me. Consider the non-standard* word 'paras' being short for paratroopers or, very colloquially, paramedics. Or Cossies for Cosworths. But I could be wrong on mathematics even being a plural word.

I see those as being similar to maths being short for mathematics, and while I have always used the term 'maths', I can see how one would prefer the term 'math'. There's nothing grammatically or semantically wrong with either word, maths is simply a collocation that is heavily used.

*It being non-standard is probably not the best way to justify my point, but the example is still valid.
 
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Famine
Allow me to contract.

Mathematics
Mathematics = Math
Mathematics = Math's

Apostrophes, of course, denoting missing letters in a concatenated contraction ("it is" -> "it is" -> "it's"). So... where do folk get "maths" from?
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Mathsemantics.
 
Enough with that already!



Some spam mail:
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Burtrand MacReynolds?
 
:lol: Oh god.
 
^ Goatse.
 
The things you have to do for Fernando... :scared:
 
Eeeeeew!...

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But how did the poster cover the hole?
 
Goatse's or the film?
 
And he did that from inside the tunnel?!
 
Hung from the top?
 
Might want to check the language in that first image there. Hint: Oprah
 
BobK
Might want to check the language in that first image there. Hint: Oprah
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Sorted.

Check EVERYTHING on images you post, kids.
 
Goddammit JohneyPixel, now I'm never getting that out of my mind :lol:
 
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