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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add maxima.
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 13:18:25 -0400
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To: Ludovic Court??s <ludo@gnu.org>
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On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 06:59:36PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
> John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:
> 
> > On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 03:16:25PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
> >> John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:
> >> 
> >> > * gnu/packages/math.scm (maxima): New variable.
> >> 
> >> Should be ???maths.scm???, with an ???s.???
> >
> > OK.  (why do we use the British convention here, but Americanisms for almost everything else?)
> 
> Dunno, is ???mathematics??? (plural) particularly British?  Aspell???s
> ???american??? dictionary recognizes it.

But in the abbreviated form most british people would say "maths" whereas most americans say "math".