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RE: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?
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Drew Adams |
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RE: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc? |
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Wed, 9 Mar 2016 11:07:45 -0800 (PST) |
> > If they still want to close Emacs and proclaim that it is only
> > for octopi, so be it. (Tailists will disagree...)
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> Please do not call octopodes “octopi”.
Got it. Ancient Greek octopus (plural octopodes) is the origin.
In English both octopuses and octopi are in use. Octopi, though
a mistaken creation and less common, is nevertheless loved for
its quirkiness. http://grammarist.com/usage/octopi-octopuses/
Ngram:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=octopuses%2Coctopi&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Coctopuses%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Coctopi%3B%2Cc0
Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Tom, 2016/03/10
Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, jpff, 2016/03/09
Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/09
Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Marcin Borkowski, 2016/03/09
Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, Phillip Lord, 2016/03/09
Re: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc?, John Wiegley, 2016/03/09