• LePoisson@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    What? “a” should all be the same value idk what teachers you had but math doesn’t change based on your location.

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      I was being an idiot and didn’t put a “/s” behind. A bad joke about calling it “math” in North America and “maths” in the UK.

      • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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        I was going to ask if anyone knew why each version developed preference in the area it’s used, but figured I’d just search myself. I swear, no link I found tells why, even the ones that claim they’ll tell why. It’s just something that occurred over time. There has to be a better reason.