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El Pibe

El Pibe

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not really. but i'll take your word for it. I'll never use it without sounding like a twat, but happy to stand corrected.


And just to clarify, I never denied the existence of the word math.

I was skeptical that math as a singular of the plural maths was real, mathematics being a noncountable noun it makes no sense to have a singular. You can't say one mathematic, two mathematics, so why would the short forms change the meaning?


Are you making math = single calculation up?

Otta

Otta

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The Oxford dictionary does change over the years. A bit like the borders of Peckham and East Dulwich. It seems that John will cling to the past when it suits his purposes, but is happy to take an update when it helps him to "prove" a point.


The actual word is mathematics.


"do the math" is a term used by idiots.

HonaloochieB

HonaloochieB

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*Bob* Wrote:

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> steveo Wrote:

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> > I could never spell mathamatics let alone do it

> > and I went to a Grammer school

>

> ..must.. resist..


NILES!!

maxxi

maxxi

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Atticus Wrote:

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> What would have become of Lennon too? Doubt there

> would have been a dalliance with a Frog Chorus,

> mind.



Have you not seen steveo's Plastic Ono Flaming Lips Band thread/clip!?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXXn3-UpusI

Otta

Otta

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Thing that impresses me about DB is that he refused to give up. He was trying everything fir years before finally hitting the jackpot with Ziggy.


I tend to agree with El Pibe / Atticus though. There are some great tracks, but I've never been able to get in to him in a big way.

HonaloochieB

HonaloochieB

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El Pibe Wrote:

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> when he's good he's great. Some pretty ropey stuff

> in there, but then I challenge anyone to be

> consistently good over such a career.

>

> Luckily Mozart died before doing an ill advised

> 80's style cover version of a M?burg classic with

> Haydn.


EP, Mozza would have put out an EP when under pressure to do so. And with Hay!

And like as not had sketches made of the two of them and their collaborators and distributed among the cognoscenti.

Early MTV if you will.


Mozart also may have glanced toward Haydn and ventured "I have a notion concerning a musical project, the concept of which is an engine of general sorts made of base metal and of..."


Joseph informed him "Enough with the metal nonsense, already Wolfgang, go with what you're doing it's not enough you should make your mother proud"?

"Act like a mensch"!

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