"Billy" wrote in message
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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:

"Billy" wrote in message
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"Nad R" wrote in message

So math may not be a common language after all

Indeed. USians call it 'math' whereas Australians call it 'maths'
(always
with an 's' on the end and I presume that might be because it
[perhaps]
liguistically, derives from 'mathmatics' as opposed to 'arithmetic').
Must
check my big OED some day.

My understanding is that the four basic functions of math are called
arithmetic. When you describe a situation, it is math.

Delete any possible international inclusiveness by the use of that 'you'
Billy.

Describing a situation, is math?

I wouldn't have thought so, but I assume you must have had a reason for
saying it was.