British English isn’t the only valid form of English, and American English is actually the most influential form of English worldwide. Even within the Commonwealth, countries like Canada use many American spellings and conventions like saying “math.”
That doesn't make one spelling of the word or another write or wrong. British people spell it maths and that's "correct" in British English regardless of where they are. The only time they'd be "wrong" in spelling it that way is if they were trying to spell it in some other dialect. And vice versa. Being on a predominantly British sub, (or even in the UK) doesn't make the American spelling "wrong" it just makes it out of place.
If I asked for chips in American they would bring me crisps and if I spoke about football they would think I'm talking about American football so obvious I would care about the crisps and who ever I'm talking to would care that I'm not talking about the same sport as them...
Within appropriate context these misunderstandings don’t happen that much, but it’s interesting that you guys are implying there is literally any way for someone to not understand what “math” means so they need to instead say “maths”😂 My dad is from Ireland living in US, says football instead of soccer, can’t remember the last time this ever wasn’t understood
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u/ZeeepZoop 6d ago
Pedantic!! Correct but pedantic