zoe to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-211 months agoA cool guide about fish pluralimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down112
arrow-up1101arrow-down1imageA cool guide about fish pluralzoe to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareTheDrunkard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·11 months agoIt’s a good thing that English isn’t actually defined by any one person or entity, and simply by its usage. That means this is bullshit.
minus-squareJesse@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoAs you say in your first sentence, language is by consensus. And, the long-standing consensus among ichthyologists is to use exactly this terminology, and you’ll find it consistently across the scientific literature for generations now.
It’s a good thing that English isn’t actually defined by any one person or entity, and simply by its usage. That means this is bullshit.
As you say in your first sentence, language is by consensus. And, the long-standing consensus among ichthyologists is to use exactly this terminology, and you’ll find it consistently across the scientific literature for generations now.