[Dx-qsl] Fwd: postal increase

[Tom GM4FDM]

This always bugs me - the US usage of the word MATH.

"The apparent plural form in English, like the French plural form /les 
mathématiques/ (and the less commonly used singular derivative /la 
mathématique/), goes back to the Latin neuter plural /mathematica/ 
(Cicero <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero>), based on the Greek 
plural ?? ?????????? (/ta mathe-matiká/), used by Aristotle 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle>, and meaning roughly "all 
things mathematical"; although it is plausible that English borrowed 
only the adjective /mathematic(al)/ and formed the noun /mathematics/ 
anew, after the pattern of physics 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics> and metaphysics 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics>, which were inherited from 
the Greek.^[10] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics#cite_note-9> 
In English, the noun /mathematics/ takes singular verb forms. It is 
often shortened to /maths./"

Why to US people use the word MATH?   I am not being derogatory, just 
interested....


Tom
GM4FDM



On 03/02/2011 23:47, Kt4zb at aol.com wrote:
> Hi - Latest I have from Postal Service is current US Foreign will stay at
> 98 cents.  Canada will go to 80 cents,  US domestic will stay 44  cents.
> Postcards will go up; but, I don't know the price.
>
> Best to all - Jere, KT4ZB
>
>
> In a message dated 2/3/2011 6:34:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> mgreen at erols.com writes:
>
> Nao,
> Air mail today from the USA to JA for basic letter is 98  cents.  If my
> math is correct, the increase on April 17 2011 should  go to about $1.00.
> Just an estimate based on the  information  below.  (Math was not my thing.)
> 73, Murray,  K3BEQ
> =========================
>
> JA1HGY,Nao Mashita wrote:
>>   <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
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>> Pse tell me,
>> New Prices  from US to JA via air mail?
>>
>> de Nao,  JA1HGY
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> The  United States Postal Service announced their intention to increase
>>>   postage on non-competitive products an average of 1.741%,  effective
>>> April 17, 2011
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