Today, the communications expert I'm forced to work with added the line "as they can catch bigger fishes" to a film script. She does not believe me when I tell her that the plural of fish is "fish." This idiot not only has the final word, she makes twice what I do. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was verbally abused by a customer because her entrée was too fishy. I'm not the chef, just the waiter, and I work at a fish grill. FML
Today, I work in the tech industry so the plot is rather too long for 300 letters, but suffice it to say that my boss implemented a £3400 solution to a £7 problem, then successfully blamed me when the client questioned the sudden increase in costs. FML
Today, I found out that the airhead sitting next to me at work who can't get anything done on her own, makes more money than I do. FML
Today, my coworker keeps loudly saying things like, "Oh, now THIS!" If I don't ask, "What?" she pouts. If I do ask, she tells me, at length and with very bad grammar, how every one of our colleagues and partners is either stupid, rude or out to get her. FML
Today, at work, I took an order from a stuck-up sounding lady over the phone. She said her last name was "duckling, but with an F". Bemused, I wrote her name on the order. When she arrived to pick it up later, she told me she'd said "s", not "f". FML
Today, my boss and I were preparing a lunch order for a nearby real-estate agency. I noticed that the order was riddled with spelling mistakes, so I laughed and mocked the realtors, calling them stupid and incompetent. My boss then pointed out that the order was written in his handwriting. FML
Today, I went to my boss with concerns that my manager is dumping her responsibilities on me. He agreed and told me to just do whatever she wants. She gets paid twice as much as me to talk on her cellphone all day. FML
Today, I shouldn't have told my boss that I was interested in management. She now throws any problem she doesn't want to solve at me and either gets mad when I can't work it out or takes credit when I do. FML
Today, I made it onto my boss's shit-list, after pointing out that he'd misspelled "customer" as "costumer" 6 times in his report, and "college education" as "collage education" twice. It'd be a dick move on his part even if making corrections like this weren't part of my damn job. FML
Today, I was at work and was confronted by a customer wanting to get a "Nemo" fish. I explained that 'Nemo' needs to live in saltwater, not freshwater, like their tank was. The customer then turns around and grabs a perforated tank divider and says, "Can't I just split them up with this?" FML
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Docbee 11
Fish and fishes are both acceptable plural forms of "fish"; well that's what magic schoolbus told me!
Ylianaxoxo 9
Fishes isn't exactly wrong, sweetie.
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Protagonist_ 9
Oh look a fish! (single fish) Oh look some fish! (plural fish) Oh look some fishes! (what gollum calls fish)
Haraspms1 4
"Fishes" can be used when referring to multiple types of fish! In your face bro!
NickaPLZ 26
Correct, but MOST of the time you aren't talking about multiple types. So I'm still with OP. Doesn't anyone remember Dr. Seuss? "One fish (singular), two fish (plural)..."
HunterMark 14
Many fish of single species = Fish Many fish of multiple species = Fishes
Dazzidian 3
Yes, "fishes" is in fact a word and grammatically correct. It does, however, depend on the context. The appropriate use of "fishes" is when you are talking about a group of fish that contains various different species of fish. An example would be "Look at all the fishes in the aquarium." "I caught three fish yesterday." So in regards to the OP, there's not enough information for us to be truly sure if she is correct or not.
kdunb2 2
Boss is right you're wrong Fish - one or many of the same type of fish.. Fishes - a collection of fish of many different types..
morbidbeauties 10
I just knew that fact OP. Thank God English is not the native language here where I live, I would've looked like an idiot using fishes in the wrong context.
larsak 3
If she's such an idiot try manipulate her into giving you her job ;)
Jharrist89 12
At least you told her so, and hopefully you don't get blamed for her **** up. Some people are just retarded.
stormchaser24 24
I have hear both being correct, my English teacher said if you are talking about multiple species then fishes can be used or fish.
Enslaved 38
One Fish (single) Two Fish (plural) Red Fish Blue Fish Although both can be correct but "fish" is more commonly used. Just be glad she didn't write PHISH. Ugh! Now I have that "Fishy Fishy" song in my head! :P
Epikouros 32
Try singing another song. Fish heads, fish heads, roly-poly fish heads. Fish heads, fish heads, eat 'em up - yum!
Enslaved 38
Awesome! What a great replacement! I love that song! (:
VeganVampyre 27
I was thinking "just keep swimming, just keep swimming swimming swimming..."