[HPFGU-OTChatter] octopus and fly out of context

[yael-pou]

  Emily: "People! It's *octopi*! *Octopi*! The multiple of "octopus" 
  is "octopi", not "octopuses". Just like "cacti", 
  not "cactuses", "hippopotomi", not "hippopotomuses", etc, etc, etc. 
  Why is this so hard to grasp?"

  Simon: "Because either is correct. It can be octopi or octopuses, and in the 
  context I was using it octopuses worked better."

Context? what context? the entire review contained only one more word - "gargle". I wouldn't define this as a context. :)

Simon: "As you will notice the word fly can be used as the name for either 
the fastening or the material covering the fastening. Hence flies can 
be either zip or buttons."

This may sound even crazier than your review, but... Please keep up the lessons... *batters eyelashes in a cute manner*

yael
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