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minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·2 months agoAmerican English: “All of the above are valid.” “Even ‘octopussies?’” American English: “…sure.”
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months ago“even ‘octopussies’?” american english:
minus-squarenightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-22 months agoSearch engines: Sir, this is a work computer
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoJust researching adaptations of classic literature.
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoAham, there’s some precedent
minus-squareBluewing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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.