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0 pointsdrakaal12y ago0 comments

If you are doing a pitch, "Netflix for Octopusses" would make you look stupid. Grammar does matter, especially when you are trying to convince the world you aren't an idiot.

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jcagalawan12y ago

Octopuses is valid. As is octopodes, but octopi is a freak Greek-Latin hybrid by people trying to convince the world that they aren't idiots but is now also valid.

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFyY2mK8pxk

zem12y ago

and yet "octopi" is the most euphonious of the three, and deserves to win for that alone if nothing else.

PhasmaFelis12y ago

> If you are doing a pitch, "Netflix for Octopusses" would make you look stupid.

Only if your pitch target is stupid, because "Octopuses" is correct according to any English dictionary you'll find.

There's a point here somewhere about the dangers of hyper-prescriptive grammar.

dragonwriter12y ago

> > If you are doing a pitch, "Netflix for Octopusses" would make you look stupid.

> Only if your pitch target is stupid, because "Octopuses" is correct according to any English dictionary you'll find.

"Octopusses" ≠ "Octopuses". Considering that the "Octopusses" line was in response to a post about the impact of an extra "s"...

jcagalawan12y ago

Pretty sure it was just about incorrect pluralization.

drakaalOP12y ago

How many S does mine have? How many does yours have?

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jcagalawan12y ago

Octopuses is valid. As is octopodes, but octopi is a freak Greek-Latin hybrid by people trying to convince the world that they aren't idiots but is now also valid.

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFyY2mK8pxk

zem12y ago

and yet "octopi" is the most euphonious of the three, and deserves to win for that alone if nothing else.

PhasmaFelis12y ago

> If you are doing a pitch, "Netflix for Octopusses" would make you look stupid.

Only if your pitch target is stupid, because "Octopuses" is correct according to any English dictionary you'll find.

There's a point here somewhere about the dangers of hyper-prescriptive grammar.

dragonwriter12y ago

> > If you are doing a pitch, "Netflix for Octopusses" would make you look stupid.

> Only if your pitch target is stupid, because "Octopuses" is correct according to any English dictionary you'll find.

"Octopusses" ≠ "Octopuses". Considering that the "Octopusses" line was in response to a post about the impact of an extra "s"...

jcagalawan12y ago

Pretty sure it was just about incorrect pluralization.

drakaalOP12y ago

How many S does mine have? How many does yours have?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse