Misspelled or Correctly Spelled? (Issue/Debate 136)

[Landenburg]

The Issue

A monstrous debate between pro-life and pro-choice groups has erupted after a high-profile case of a pregnant woman aborting her foetus because she 'didn't feel like it' hit the tabloids.


Did the game mean to spell it like this or is it just misspelled?
The proper way is fetus.

And I am using the Liberal theme if that makes a difference.

[Tiltjuice]

The Issue

A monstrous debate between pro-life and pro-choice groups has erupted after a high-profile case of a pregnant woman aborting her foetus because she 'didn't feel like it' hit the tabloids.


Did the game mean to spell it like this or is it just misspelled?
The proper way is fetus.

And I am using the Liberal theme if that makes a difference.

British English. Also, this seems more like a game issue which would generally be handled by GHRs.

[Great Sofannia]

The Issue

A monstrous debate between pro-life and pro-choice groups has erupted after a high-profile case of a pregnant woman aborting her foetus because she 'didn't feel like it' hit the tabloids.


Did the game mean to spell it like this or is it just misspelled?
The proper way is fetus.

And I am using the Liberal theme if that makes a difference.

Actually, English has no "proper" spelling system. In Commonwealth countries and UK, it's the hypercorrected "foetus", in the US it's "fetus", which is the original Latin spelling (according to Wiktionary.)

[Landenburg]

Really? Oh dang it.
Welp, I know why they may move this then.

[Landenburg]

The Issue

A monstrous debate between pro-life and pro-choice groups has erupted after a high-profile case of a pregnant woman aborting her foetus because she 'didn't feel like it' hit the tabloids.


Did the game mean to spell it like this or is it just misspelled?
The proper way is fetus.

And I am using the Liberal theme if that makes a difference.

Actually, English has no "proper" spelling system. In Commonwealth countries and UK, it's the hypercorrected "foetus", in the US it's "fetus", which is the original Latin spelling (according to Wiktionary.)

Basically what you are saying is that "The UK and the US spell it differently, but it is the same word"

[Jamie Anumia]

The Issue

A monstrous debate between pro-life and pro-choice groups has erupted after a high-profile case of a pregnant woman aborting her foetus because she 'didn't feel like it' hit the tabloids.


Did the game mean to spell it like this or is it just misspelled?
The proper way is fetus.

And I am using the Liberal theme if that makes a difference.

British English. Also, this seems more like a game issue which would generally be handled by GHRs.

Nope. There's an issue error reporting thread which is here.

[Tiltjuice]

British English. Also, this seems more like a game issue which would generally be handled by GHRs.

Nope. There's an issue error reporting thread which is here.

Ta, JA.

[Frisbeeteria]

Nope. There's an issue error reporting thread which is here.

Correct, but please don't report it. We're not changing it. It's fine as British English.