No I dot’t English much.

I’ll look more into that. Thanks for the info.

I ask that you please don’t spread use of the term threadiverse. I don’t want Zuckerberg to get any credit for what has been done through the fediverse

That video feels more and more real the older I get.

It’s not a deer/deer single/plural situation with mitochondria, if that is what you are getting at. The word mitochondria is not singular. To replace mitochondria with lion in your analogy doesn’t work because mitochondria is a plural word. Neither “Lions is the king of the jungle” nor “The lions is the king of the jungle” is correct. The singular version of mitochondria is mitochondrion. “The mitochondrion is the powerhouse of the cell” and “Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell” both work and could be the phrase, just like "The lion is the king of the jungle " and “Lions are the king of the jungle” are both grammatically correct.

My favorite part of the “mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell” memes (especially when cited as useless info being taught in school) is that it’s grammatically incorrect. Mitochondria ARE because the word is plural, and any self respecting biology teacher knows that. The fact that this is cited as something drilled into students minds when people can’t even recite it back properly is hilarious.

You know nothing about me. But of course! Professors have exams. That’s all I needed. Thanks for making it difficult

So you are a college student? Please correct me if I’m not understanding this. You wouldn’t say you are an engineer or a doctor or a lawyer that is still working on their degree, and it feels disingenuous to the scientists in this thread to say you are one if you aren’t doing science but rather taking courses as a student.

Funny, but totally off base. I work with many scientists and I’ll ask them, since this isn’t working.

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Scientists don’t take exams.

If nobody is paying attention, then nobody will care about not getting paid. It may sound disappointing, but I’m sure a German who wants something specific can find ways to get to it.

Yeah and it’s giraffe, not jiraffe. See how that gets us nowhere?

Debunked? Its a counterpoint to the fact that it’s pronounced that way because it’s spelled with a g. If that poor argument wasn’t used, the giraffe one wouldn’t have to come up. It’s not evidence of anything other than that letters can be pronounced in more than one way.

For the graphical thing, imagine pronouncing NASA wrong because of the way aeronautical is pronounce. Or underwater in scuba. World in WHO? The I in AIDS isn’t pronounced anything like immunodeficiency.

Your argument doesn’t work either.

With the other pronunciation. Some letters have more than one. Your statement is nonsense lol

So how do you pronounce giraffe?

Udderly silly, guy

Really milking it aren’t you

Bullish behavior

Don’t have a cow