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On Thu, 23 Dec 2021, Dr Iain Maoileoin wrote:

> Interesting - have you always done that?  Or is it a more recent use of the 
> word?
>
> 50 years ago our (Scottish) schooling used only Arithmetic for the basic 
> number manipulation.  About 10-15 years ago maffs became the name.  I dont 
> know how the transition occured with us. Schools?  or Media??  Perhaps we 
> have just imported the name from the good old US of A ;-)

It was the norm in the US at least around 1985ish.  Can't speak for 
earlier.

-uso.
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