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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 are
by drakaal 13y ago
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.
- jcagalawan 13y agoOctopuses 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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFyY2mK8pxk
- zem 13y agoand yet "octopi" is the most euphonious of the three, and deserves to win for that alone if nothing else.
- PhasmaFelis 13y 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.
- dragonwriter 13y 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"...
- jcagalawan 13y agoPretty sure it was just about incorrect pluralization.
- drakaal 13y agoHow many S does mine have? How many does yours have?