"maths"

Posted Mar 5, 2014 21:26 UTC (Wed) by sfeam (subscriber, #2841)
In reply to: "maths" by mathstuf
Parent article: Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open to eavesdropping (ars technica)

You mean a shortened form that keeps the trailing s but is used as a singular? How about "props" for "propers".

"maths"

Posted Mar 5, 2014 23:17 UTC (Wed) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (3 responses)

I wasn't familiar with "propers", but I'd say it was plural (and Wiktionary seems to agree[1] in both usages).

[1]https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/propers

"maths"

Posted Mar 6, 2014 0:08 UTC (Thu) by sfeam (subscriber, #2841) [Link] (2 responses)

As I've heard it used "props" is basically a plugin replacement for "kudos", which is also a singular that looks confusingly like a plural.

"maths"

Posted Mar 6, 2014 1:06 UTC (Thu) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (1 responses)

Yeah, but "kudos" is the word, not a shortening (and it seems that it is being reinterpreted as a plural too). In any case, I doubt I'll get anyone to drop the 's' from "maths" anytime soon :) .

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Posted Mar 6, 2014 13:46 UTC (Thu) by jwakely (subscriber, #60262) [Link]

> I doubt I'll get anyone to drop the 's' from "maths" anytime soon :) .

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