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this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2026
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People always say math when they just mean arithmetic.
For the general public that's a distinction without a difference
Yeah but for those of us who actually studied math, it's silly. Rote arithmetic barely qualifies, you hardly even see actual numbers in math except for a handful of single digit integers for exponents, subscripts, coefficients, etc.
It's like calling a golf cart a "sports car".
Sadly yes
I say maths
Found the Brit.
I say arithmetics
Perhaps they expected the server to use geometry to come up with the answer...