Showing posts with label BBC. Show all posts
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04 June 2008
The British are bad at maths
According to Tom Geoghegan of BBC News, "The British are uniquely happy to admit being bad at maths", citing examples such as television personalities and politicians.
Well, yeah, the British are unique in this way -- if "maths" and "math" are different things. Americans don't like admitting they're bad at maths, because they don't want to sound British. But they do seem to like admitting they're bad at math.
Well, yeah, the British are unique in this way -- if "maths" and "math" are different things. Americans don't like admitting they're bad at maths, because they don't want to sound British. But they do seem to like admitting they're bad at math.
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