X AND Y-THE INVARIABLE VARIABLES.....

PHEW!!!! finally done with the intense and mushy stuff in the past two posts,i now get back to what i like doing-BLABBER RANDOMLY ABOUT SOMETHING USELESS......

today i was giving the 2009 paper of aieee,as a mock test just to get the hang of what aieee is....which if u dont know is day after tommorrow.so while solving the math paper,i was suddenly struck by something,I WAS ACTUALLY STUCK IN A QUESTION COZ I COULDNT TAKE X AND Y,as they were defined points,so i had to assume the variables as a and b........this sounds pretty lame and just for the record i did end up solving it :p but yea,i WAS UNCOMFORTABLE.

so why is it that the variables are invariably x and y....never a and b or l and m or p and q.....unless we have no other option.....though i know thats just coz we have been using and seeing them in books since class 6 algebra when we were taught that like terms can be added and unlike cannot(x and x^2 cannot be added)...but...........THAT SEEMS BORING....so i decided to post some really ridiculous reasons for why i preffer x,y AND WHY IS X EVEN BETTER THAN Y......

A) THE X,Y TEAM VS THE REST OF ALPHABETS-

• P and q are particularly difficult to write fast
• a in small letters ends up looking like o for a person like me who writes really fast
• b is again difficult to write
• l and m-i couldnt think of anything,so lets just settle at-"ISHWAR KI MAYA KAHIN DHOOP KAHIN CHHAYA"

B)X VS Y(THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN....mortal combat song in background)

• y has a tail which juts into the next line,leaving lesser room to write in it
• especially in fractions,the y in frickin numerator just leaves no space for the denominator.....i always dislike and try to convert the question into x
• the great guy who invented the english language,intended to do so....how can i,a puny school student doing algebra mess up his work?????????

i guess thats it,but please leave your interesting and creative responses BELOW......i'd love to know your reasons for the "X,Y FIXATION"....