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.

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.