Squidiom poll

[jadine]

Native English speakers only, please:

Poll Squidiom

Take the poll before continuing :)

This is an iteration of ratatosk's poll in this entry. I'm presenting the choices in a different order to reduce bias, and increasing the overall sample size.

Mostly though, I just like squid, particularly those with the aforementioned characteristics.

Comments

[stolen_tea]

I think the last three words should be "giant flying squid".

[ratatosk]

Hm. This is the value of having people edit your polls before posting them. Sadly I am usually too impatient for that. :P

The person I talked to when this arose agreed that it was one of those three options -- but apparently I should have gotten a second opinion. :)

[jadine]

Well, honestly I wouldn't string those words together in the first place - I think it's a somewhat awkward construction in any form.

I agree with stolen_tea though, "giant flying squid" is an improvement.

[freeimprov]

When "giant flying squid" is an improvement, you know your life is in SERIOUS danger.

[yami_mcmoots]

I agree if and only if the squid are not Archeteuthis. If they are, though, then "giant squid" is the full common name and you don't get to break it up.

[jadine]

I'm fairly confident that no one will discover a new species of Architeuthis that's capable of soaring through the air, especially given the pressure issues. This would probably be a new family, perhaps Voloteuthis.

[yami_mcmoots]

I dunno, it's not like we really know what the giant squid are doing down there. What if they develop technology?

[vulture23]

Giant squid with advanced force-field technology!

[vulture23]

And then one of them will invent a teleportation device, but not realize that a human is stuck inside the receiving unit during the final test, creating a genetically-fused monstrosity....

Hey, it's just as reasonable as Von Daniken's theories....

[stolen_tea]

But is it Archevoloteuthis or Voloarcheteuthis?

[vulture23]

I had assumed this to be the case, apparently -- given that there *is* a "giant squid", it hadn't occurred to me to question whether we were referring to something other than an extraordinary example of Archeteuthis...