King@lemy.lol to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agoIs it ethical to eat fish?message-squaremessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareIs it ethical to eat fish?King@lemy.lol to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square122fedilinkfile-text
I understand when people speak about the ethical problems with eating meat, but I think they do not apply to fish.
minus-squareBeemo Dinosaurierfuß@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoJust to be the super-nerd, octopus is not a regular latin word. I think it is actually a greek loan word in latin. So the plural is either octopodes to follow the original greek or octopuses in regular english.
minus-squareSusaga@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThe correct plural is whatever word you say that people understand as meaning more than one octopus. That’s how language works.
minus-squareIvanOverdrive@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoIf enough people make a language mistake, it becomes a rule.
Just to be the super-nerd, octopus is not a regular latin word.
I think it is actually a greek loan word in latin.
So the plural is either octopodes to follow the original greek or octopuses in regular english.
The correct plural is whatever word you say that people understand as meaning more than one octopus. That’s how language works.
If enough people make a language mistake, it becomes a rule.