• @[email protected]
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    19 months ago

    It’s a good thing that English isn’t actually defined by any one person or entity, and simply by its usage. That means this is bullshit.

    • @[email protected]
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      39 months ago

      As you say in your first sentence, language is by consensus. And, the long-standing consensus among ichthyologists is to use exactly this terminology, and you’ll find it consistently across the scientific literature for generations now.