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minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down2·9 days agoAmerican English: “All of the above are valid.” “Even ‘octopussies?’” American English: “…sure.”
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 days ago“even ‘octopussies’?” american english:
minus-squarenightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·9 days agoSearch engines: Sir, this is a work computer
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 days agoJust researching adaptations of classic literature.
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 days agoAham, there’s some precedent
minus-squareBluewing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoThere is a difference in Octopussys here. One is slippery, the other is not.
American English: “All of the above are valid.”
“Even ‘octopussies?’”
American English: “…sure.”
“even ‘octopussies’?”
american english:
Search engines: Sir, this is a work computer
Just researching adaptations of classic literature.
Y’all being too literal.
Aham, there’s some precedent
There is a difference in Octopussys here. One is slippery, the other is not.