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What do you mean by "read mathematics at Edinburgh"?

• lmm 13y ago
  It's standard (or slightly pretentious) British English; I guess the US equivalent would be "majored in math at Edinburgh" (which would be equally incomprehensible to a Brit)
  • richbradshaw 13y ago
    It's not really pretentious – it kinda depends on what university you went to. I typically say 'studied', but my friends who went to other unis say 'read'. I would take 'read' as a pretentious term.
    • shawabawa3 13y ago
      > It's not really pretentious > I would take 'read' as a pretentious term. I'm confused...
      • dasil003 13y ago
        I think he meant "wouldn't". It's not pretentious per se, it just would be interpreted that way to an American because we wouldn't use that phrasing, therefore we can only imagine it being spoken in an upper-class English accent, pinky fully extended.
        • inopinatus 13y ago
          Quite so. Having been raised by the BBC World Service I actually do have a somewhat received pronunciation, albeit gently deflected by many years abroad. The disposition of my pinky, however, shall remain a mystery.
          • dasil003 13y ago
            If only it were tea time in Australia. Blast, foiled again.
    • lmm 13y ago
      As a brit my experience is that "read" is used exclusively by oxbridgers and contestants on university challenge.
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• pathy 13y ago
  I presume he means studying Mathematics at University of Edinburgh. A quick googling sessions confirms this, inopinatus studied maths in Edinburgh according to his Linkedin.
• kingofspain 13y ago
  Studied
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