Thursday, April 29, 2010

quicko: do the math

I was told today that this is actually an American-ism -- that any time we use phrases about "doing the math" on something, it pegs us as Yanks.

Posted by KIM at 12:00 AM


1 comment:

Unknown said...

Maybe. I use that expression, although I may have learned it from American TV. I would certainly Australianise it to "do the maths" if I did use it.

April 29, 2010 at 4:38 PM

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