If they didn’t want to talk about spiders by name, maybe you could have talked about dehydrated cephalopods?
cartomancersays
I like to consider the additional e as a kind of grammatical augment, used to denote a past tense version of the name. Like in ancient Greek or Sanskrit verbs.
Callinectessays
PZ, what’s your policy on receiving unsolicited spider eggs from other countries in the mail?
Crip Dyke, Right Reverend Feminist FuckToy of Death & Her Handmaiden says
If they didn’t want to talk about spiders by name, maybe you could have talked about dehydrated cephalopods?
cartomancer says
I like to consider the additional e as a kind of grammatical augment, used to denote a past tense version of the name. Like in ancient Greek or Sanskrit verbs.
Callinectes says
PZ, what’s your policy on receiving unsolicited spider eggs from other countries in the mail?