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- Feb 27, 2012
Again: Do you realise what the word 'squared' actually means? It doesn't mean 'times two.'
I've pointed that out the poster in question before, but he insists on trying to make that nickname happen.
While it may not be mathematically accurate, the use of the initial + the word 'squared' is a pretty common way of referring to people or couples who have the same initials. I've seen it used in cases where one person has both initials the same, in cases where someone has a hyphenated last name with both names starting with the same initial, and in cases where two people in a couple have the same initial. I first encountered this in 1989 when one of my university professors had a hyphenated last name with both starting with H, and he was referred to in the department as H squared. So I don't see this as something Skater Boy is truing to force or make stick. Saying S squared is more natural to my ear than saying S/S
Maybe it's less common in some regions than in others.
In the U.S., what peg says is absolutely true.
And I too know what x[SUP]2[/SUP] means mathematically. Nonetheless, regarding common usage, peg still is correct.