odd linguistic observation 

it seems like a lot of people for whom english is not their first language have a tendency to say "substract" instead of "subtract"

we've noticed this both in teachers and fellow students we've known at university, and some math videos on youtube as well

I wonder where that comes from? is -[V]btr[V]- more difficult to pronounce than -[V]bstr[V]-?
-R&F

odd linguistic observation 

@Felthry In Spanish the word is "sustraer" (note the lack of b) so it's closer I guess

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re: odd linguistic observation 

@socks Huh, interesting... I wonder if other languages have an s there too, that would explain it easily
-F

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