Comment on 🐙 Octopus is Octopus 🐙
gnutrino@programming.dev 16 hours agoNah, level 1 is actually correct. Regardless of its etymology, octopus is an english word and should be pluralised accordingly.
Comment on 🐙 Octopus is Octopus 🐙
gnutrino@programming.dev 16 hours agoNah, level 1 is actually correct. Regardless of its etymology, octopus is an english word and should be pluralised accordingly.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Level 3 includes level 1 in it, with the addition of a correct plural using the original language’s rules.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 15 hours ago
Ot would only work the other way around. If english grammar dictates that a loan word’s original language grammar be used. Aka level 1 includes level 3
Viceversa@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
… because English would steal said grammar by itself!
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
Of course you can, that’s why oxen, fungi, etc. exist.