Non Sequitur: Re: Python Forum

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Mark Young wrote:
> According to the Oxford Dictionary:
> 
> *fish** noun <http://www.oup.com/oald-bin/#fish_noun>**, **verb 
> <http://www.oup.com/oald-bin/#fish_verb>*noun *(**pl.**fish** or 
> **fishes**)*Fish is the usual plural form. The older form, fishes, can 
> be used to refer to different kinds of fish...
> 
> However, I would correct anyone that ever used "fishes".
> 
There's the phrase "sleep with the fishes", used by mobsters (in films,
at least). Would you correct such a person? :-)