# Screw you, Mrs. Control Freak **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 15, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-mrs-control-freak/264524 "2004-09-15T06:06:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-mrs-control-freak/264524/81 "2004-09-24T05:08:57Z")
> [@AerynSun](#): > > Since we’re indulging in some friendly English-major ribbing here: _deer_, _octopi_, and _phenomena_, just off the top of my head. 😉 The top of your head has some mistaken notions, apparently. ‘Octopi’ is [not](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mplurals.html) properly speaking the plural of anything. It is at best “pseudo-Latin,” or what I like to call fake erudition. “Octupuses” is a perfectly acceptable plural form. ---
**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-mrs-control-freak/264524/82 "2004-09-24T14:05:28Z")
> [@AmericanMaid](#): > > I think the snobbery around majors basically comes from a person’s background. I majored in History because it interested me and I had this silly dream of working for the UN or state dept. A college aquaintance of mine, who’s the first generation of her family to attend college, picked her major based upon average salary. She ended up getting her Chem-E degree and used to endlessly bash us poor liberal arts idiots. If we complained about our salary, she’d ask us what did we expect with such a useless degree. Right, and I think it mostly comes from insecurity. Why else would someone bother commenting about someone else’s degree or career plans? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-mrs-control-freak/264524.md?page=4)