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• IMongoose@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Right, when there is this much controversy over a plural there will never be a consensus, especially when it doesn’t actually matter. The truth is that as long as people understand what you mean it doesn’t matter what you use.

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  • littlebluespark@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Vernacular morphology is one thing, but in a scientific mode, this is lazy AF.

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    • IMongoose@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Mountain lions have like 30 different names and no one gets into entomology fights about them. If there is no scientific standard name like birds have use whatever makes the most sense to you.

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      • littlebluespark@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks for proving my point.

        I completely agree that no one’s likely to get into “entomology” fights over mountain lions’ scientific minutiae… because they’re not fucking insects. 🤦🏽‍♂️

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