Zulip Chat Archive
Stream: maths
Topic: hello
Welcome Bot (Apr 01 2018 at 08:48):
Welcome to #maffs.
Description: mathlib / maths
Kenny Lau (Apr 01 2018 at 08:48):
is this better?
Patrick Massot (Apr 01 2018 at 08:48):
No. I would have no idea what "maffs" means if I hadn't seen Sebastian question
Kenny Lau (Apr 01 2018 at 08:49):
it's a meme
Patrick Massot (Apr 01 2018 at 08:49):
Kenny, did you create it yourself?
Kenny Lau (Apr 01 2018 at 08:49):
yes
Patrick Massot (Apr 01 2018 at 08:49):
I thought only admins could do that
Patrick Massot (Apr 01 2018 at 08:49):
I vote you rename it to math
Patrick Massot (Apr 01 2018 at 08:49):
It's less specific than mathlib
Kenny Lau (Apr 01 2018 at 08:50):
I'm afraid I can't rename it
Patrick Massot (Apr 01 2018 at 08:50):
What about deleting it?
Kenny Lau (Apr 01 2018 at 08:51):
I can't do it either
Patrick Massot (Apr 01 2018 at 08:51):
From https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Maffs it seems you need to have been a student in an English speaking country to understand this word
Patrick Massot (Apr 01 2018 at 08:51):
@Sebastian Ullrich Can you delete this stream?
Sebastian Ullrich (Apr 01 2018 at 08:54):
I renamed it. Do tell me if you decide on a different name.
Kenny Lau (Apr 01 2018 at 08:54):
oh for god's sake
Kenny Lau (Apr 01 2018 at 08:54):
it's called maths :P
Sebastian Ullrich (Apr 01 2018 at 08:55):
Okay okay, I'll trust the native speaker :P
Kenny Lau (Apr 01 2018 at 08:55):
I'm not a native speaker lol
Patrick Massot (Apr 01 2018 at 08:55):
Now we can bikeshed about maths vs math forever.
Kenny Lau (Apr 01 2018 at 08:56):
yes we can
Kenny Lau (Apr 01 2018 at 08:56):
maybe "math(s)"?
Patrick Massot (Apr 01 2018 at 08:56):
@Moses Schönfinkel will be happy
Sebastian Ullrich (Apr 01 2018 at 08:56):
the nativer speaker...?
Moses Schönfinkel (Apr 01 2018 at 08:56):
confirmed ™
Patrick Massot (Apr 01 2018 at 08:57):
The bikesheder
Sebastian Ullrich (Apr 01 2018 at 08:57):
math(ε|s)
Kenny Lau (Apr 01 2018 at 08:59):
maths?
Kevin Buzzard (Apr 01 2018 at 14:36):
Although this whole chat sometimes gets frivolous, I think "maffs" is taking a bit too far. I don't care either way between maths (UK English) and math (US English) but either of them are infinitely preferable to the meme IMO.
Kenny Lau (Apr 01 2018 at 14:37):
long live meme
Rocky Zhu (Jan 22 2020 at 22:09):
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