24 Dec
2021
24 Dec
'21
4:15 a.m.
On Thu, 23 Dec 2021, Dr Iain Maoileoin wrote:
Interesting - have you always done that? Or is it a
more recent use of the
word?
50 years ago our (Scottish) schooling used only Arithmetic for the basic
number manipulation. About 10-15 years ago maffs became the name. I dont
know how the transition occured with us. Schools? or Media?? Perhaps we
have just imported the name from the good old US of A ;-)
It was the norm in the US at least around 1985ish. Can't speak for
earlier.
-uso.