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Keith&Co. said:
No, they're murder sticks. My coworkers spent the day looking up youtubes of mantis shrimp beating the fuck out of octopi, clams, crabs in test tubes, slow moving researchers, etc.
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And aquariums :p

I can thank Atheos for also spending an afternoon reading and watching videos about the mantis shrimp, their eyesight and their murder sticks.

:lol:
 
I stepped into a classroom when I was the teacher's aide, she turned to me, "You'll know! What's the plural of moose?"

"Um... " I looked left, I looked right, "Holy shit, there's a moose everywhere you look!"
 
Wiploc said:
Elixir said:
Shouldn't that be "aquaria"? </James Brown> :)
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Depends on how you want it to be spelled in fifty years. If you want English to be easy for children and international users, go with "aquariums."
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If you want your language to be easy for children and international users, speak a designed language, like Esperanto or Klingon.
 
bilby said:
Wiploc said:
Depends on how you want it to be spelled in fifty years. If you want English to be easy for children and international users, go with "aquariums."
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If you want your language to be easy for children and international users, speak a designed language, like Esperanto or Klingon.
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Great. Another generation...who...
TALKS...
Likewilliamshatner.
 
Wiploc said:
Elixir said:
Shouldn't that be "aquaria"? </James Brown> :)
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Depends on how you want it to be spelled in fifty years. If you want English to be easy for children and international users, go with "aquariums."
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Also consider that Latin forms are not required in English unless you're writing for scientific research or law.
 
hylidae said:
Wiploc said:
Depends on how you want it to be spelled in fifty years. If you want English to be easy for children and international users, go with "aquariums."
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Also consider that Latin forms are not required in English unless you're writing for scientific research or law.
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It still raises my hackles to see "indexes" in the newspaper.
 
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