Why Language Matters

[Psychosplodge]

I think Dark Messenger makes a good point, people don't bother to set up their spell checkers correctly, and will then wrongly "correct" words...

[Wolfshade]

I think they call that a hyper correction, they know octopus is a non native word and so go hmm, well radius ends with an us and that becomes a plural (no not pluralise/ize/entizn) by removing the us and replace it with an i, so octopus must be octopi(i). Octopodes I suppose is the more correct form, but octopuses is probably equally as good. Similiarly, rhinoceros is rhinoceroses though itself is a corruption in its imported form and should arguably be rhinocerantes

[alshrive]

as do I! people rely far too heavily on spellcheck in modern time and i would love for it just to be removed completely to see how people actually get on.... a CV would become an interesting read....

[Psychosplodge]

I dunno rhinoceri sounds better... but rhinos is the easiest to say

[alshrive]

I dunno rhinoceri sounds better... but rhinos is the easiest to say

Rhinoceros is a greek word so the plural would technically be Rhinocerodes not Rhinoceri...... same for Octopodes....

interesting Rhino went from Ancient Greek to Latin and then to what we know now so i guess i could give the latin ending actually..

[Wolfshade]

Rhinoceros is a greek word so the plural would technically be Rhinocerodes not Rhinoceri...... same for Octopodes....

interesting Rhino went from Ancient Greek to Latin and then to what we know now so i guess i could give the latin ending actually..

NO! Rhinocerantes, not rhinocerodes.

Also platypus is flat footed so that should go to platypodes.

But more commonly the creation of verbs from nouns I dislike and people using literally in a metaphor

[Psychosplodge]

people using literally in a metaphor

That is somewhat irritating...

[Wolfshade]

That is somewhat irritating...

It literally makes my head explode....

[Psychosplodge]

It literally makes my head explode....

But only once...

[alshrive]

the description of tension as "literally palpable"! unless of course it is a physical object under tension........

I did once shout at somebody that the tension is not palpable but a slinky is!