[Dx-qsl] Fwd: postal increase

Fri Feb 4 06:23:59 EST 2011

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ドル.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>
>>>> 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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