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by PhasmaFelis 4466 days ago
> If you are doing a pitch, "Netflix for Octopusses" would make you look stupid.

Only if your pitch target is stupid, because "Octopuses" is correct according to any English dictionary you'll find.

There's a point here somewhere about the dangers of hyper-prescriptive grammar.

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> > If you are doing a pitch, "Netflix for Octopusses" would make you look stupid.

> Only if your pitch target is stupid, because "Octopuses" is correct according to any English dictionary you'll find.

"Octopusses" ≠ "Octopuses". Considering that the "Octopusses" line was in response to a post about the impact of an extra "s"...

Pretty sure it was just about incorrect pluralization.
How many S does mine have? How many does yours have?