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From: Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at>
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Subject: Re: pronunciation of "ArithmeticException"
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 18:31:12 -0000 (UTC)
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Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> wrote:
> Stefan Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>>   The noun is pronounced »a'rithmetic«.
> Iirc, the English noun ends in -cs: arithmetics.

Apparently, I seem to have generalized the "-ics" ending from
Mathematics onto other words with similar (Greek) etymology.

Thanks for pointing out, that "Arithmetic" doesn't usually
have this trailing "s". I live and learn.