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squidkidnerd · 1 year

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Why is everyone so hung up on NoA's use of the word "inkling????" I've seen so many posts lately that are like "it doesn't make sense that the squid people are called inklings since octolings use ink too so it should be a general term and the squid people should be called squidlings!!!" and like. Yeah. That's true I guess. I dunno, I never really particularly cared about it that much, it's kind of a nitpick. And like—something about "squidling" as a word feels super weird and awkward to me and I don't entirely know why? I think it has something to do with the consonants? Or maybe it's my imagination, who knows. Either way I don't entirely get why people have been getting so hung up on it lately.

#splatoon #thanks NoA for that mistranslation #idk #i think in jp they're referred to as like #squid-inkling and/or octo-inkling #and 'octoling' in the english translation #came from a misunderstanding of the word 'takozoness'#which was meant to refer SPECIFICALLY to the RIVAL octolings #but NoA thought it was a more general term???#i dunno correct me if im wrong on this #its weird because ive only rlly seen ppl care about it recently???#its like the tartar stuff #but stranger since inkling and octoling have existed since the very beginning of the series #maybe people were having issues with it before i dunno #there's definitely been more since splatoon 3 #so yeah #not saying its dumb to be upset about it because it IS true but #idk i dont particularly care personally

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