No one has ever used the Italian singular of that word in English. As a loan word, it does not have to follow Italian grammar rules, and similar to pasta, it can be used both as countable and uncountable (i.e. a generic category term without plural).
plyth@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Of course it is. What kind of argument would I have if it weren’t?
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
But the singular was never used in the tweet.
plyth@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
“what calamari is”, two times.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
No one has ever used the Italian singular of that word in English. As a loan word, it does not have to follow Italian grammar rules, and similar to pasta, it can be used both as countable and uncountable (i.e. a generic category term without plural).