From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Why does the tutorial talk about C-n/C-p etc? Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 11:07:45 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5d612729-6be3-41f7-b805-7269da0b153b@default> References: <87fuvz7iqv.fsf@oremacs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1457550524 23495 80.91.229.3 (9 Mar 2016 19:08:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 19:08:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs developers , Oleh Krehel To: Yuri Khan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 09 20:08:31 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1adjTC-0006F3-Ic for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:08:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43582 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adjTB-0003jV-Kt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 14:08:29 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39082) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adjSy-0003jL-F4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 14:08:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adjSv-00024k-86 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 14:08:16 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:46542) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adjSv-00024Z-03 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 14:08:13 -0500 Original-Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u29J7lqr020021 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 9 Mar 2016 19:07:48 GMT Original-Received: from userv0121.oracle.com (userv0121.oracle.com [156.151.31.72]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u29J7l0x009959 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Wed, 9 Mar 2016 19:07:47 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0005.oracle.com (abhmp0005.oracle.com [141.146.116.11]) by userv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u29J7kuL020588; Wed, 9 Mar 2016 19:07:47 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:201286 Archived-At: > > If they still want to close Emacs and proclaim that it is only > > for octopi, so be it. (Tailists will disagree...) >=20 > Please do not call octopodes =E2=80=9Coctopi=E2=80=9D. 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=3Doctopuses%2Coctopi&year_sta= rt=3D1800&year_end=3D2000&corpus=3D15&smoothing=3D3&share=3D&direct_url=3Dt= 1%3B%2Coctopuses%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Coctopi%3B%2Cc0