RyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoAnyone noticed how the woke decided that possums are now called "opossums" and that Pluto is no longer a planet? They've been changing the meaning of words for decades nowmessage-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down10
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareAnyone noticed how the woke decided that possums are now called "opossums" and that Pluto is no longer a planet? They've been changing the meaning of words for decades nowRyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareedge [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoPossum is a valid alternative to opossum regardless of some Australian animal with the same name. But opossum is the older spelling.
minus-squarePointAndClique [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoHowever Australian possums never go by opossum so it’s a one way street (also sorry to Aotearoa where they’re apparently now a pest)
Possum is a valid alternative to opossum regardless of some Australian animal with the same name. But opossum is the older spelling.
However Australian possums never go by opossum so it’s a one way street (also sorry to Aotearoa where they’re apparently now a pest)