Huh?

Nov 11, 2008 19:08

Is datum seriously the singular of data? I had no idea. o_0

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nae_k November 12 2008, 00:53:00 UTC
And "pengi" is the plural of "penguin"! (Because I made it so; I'm sure it'll catch on.)

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cikka November 12 2008, 01:29:42 UTC
Oh, that I know. I mean, really, who doesn't?

(you have no idea how many minutes I wasted staring/giggling at your icon. Who knew bouncing elephants were so entertaining?)

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cikka November 12 2008, 01:30:22 UTC
Still staring.

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nae_k November 12 2008, 02:19:41 UTC
Heh.

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bree_bee22 November 12 2008, 02:42:56 UTC
Hey, I didn't know that either. Thanks for sharing it; 'tis now filed away :D

For the longest time, I thought the plural of "moose" was "meese." I kid you not, that's what my first grade teacher told us. My cousin and I had a long argument over it, and she definitely shoved it in my face when it turned out she was right. Oh, how I shudder to reflect on all the times I used the word "meese"---not many, but still.

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cikka November 12 2008, 03:34:03 UTC
I was talking to my bio prof about the data I collected in one my labs, and she's like "you mean datum," and I, lacking common sense, stare at her, and say "No, I mean data... is "datum" what we're supposed to be observing?" You have no idea how stupid I felt when I left that class.

Hold on, what is the plural of moose? Is it just moose? Like fish is fish? Oh gosh I need to go back to kindergarten.

p.s. Isn't Nae's icon so very addicting to watch? I want a bouncing elephant and a trampoline.

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bree_bee22 November 12 2008, 03:55:49 UTC
-smacks forehead- I forgot to mention what the correct form was! It is just moose. I find it odd, though. Same like fish. :D

Aw, but don't feel stupid. I'm sure people make mistakes like that all the time. I'd never heard the word datum before in my life; I always used data as the singular form, too.

It is! I've seen it before and it always makes me giggle. He's just so...so, gleeful, it looks like. Like, he's got a goofy grin plastered on his elephant face and he's saying "weee! weee!"

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