The mystery of the medieval fighting snails
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The pages of medieval books are stalked by a ferocious monster: the fighting snail.
  • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
    153·
    11 months ago

    Mate, when a full monastery is blowing the covers off every night to the sound of foghorns i care little for correct plurality

    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      281·
      11 months ago

      I read their response not as “The correct plural is brassica”, but as “Friggin’ everything is a brassica cultivar”.

      If you didn’t know: cabbage, kale, broccoli, kohlrabi, brussels sprouts, collard greens and cauliflower are all selectively bred cultivars of the same species.