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[(Anonymous)]

"Tertiary Gene: Scuttle has been renamed to Tertiary Gene: Skuttle."

wait is the word not spelled "scuttle"?

[(Anonymous)]

I am also confused, but English is not my mother tongue so idk. I thought the gene refereed to the verb "to scuttle along" the floor or something, like bugs do.

[(Anonymous)]

Believe me all of us native English speakers are just as confused as you are.

[(Anonymous)]

I see some people speculating it could be due to copyright reasons. For example, Disney has a Scuttle character - and is pretty protective over their IP. Even if such a lawsuit would go nowhere, I doubt FR has the money or time to want to risk it.

What warranted them to change it at this exact time, though, who knows. (And it could just be because they wanted a more unique/older sounding name for it ala Gaolers, but we have plenty of normal/modenrish names for genes, so… seems odd to pick this one for no reason and out of nowhere. Though it could be indicative of a potential gene port coming?)

[(Anonymous)]

Doubt it's for that reason, Skuttle is a brand

[(Anonymous)]

you cannot copyright single words even if they're names for characters, but you can trademark them. however, when you trademark single words for use cases, it ONLY applies to that specific use case. this is because trademarking requires identifying the common word with specific uses, be it goods or services. if FR made an avian character and named it Scuttle, THEN FR would be in danger because a bird named Scuttle can confuse consumers about what one is the Disney Scuttle. They are perfectly safe using the word "scuttle" in reference to a singular gene trait.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Regardless, we'll never know, because with things like this, staff will never give us an answer.

[(Anonymous)]

"skuttle" is the archaic form of "scuttle", but even doing a brief google of "skuttle" comes up with the humidifier brand far FAR more than the archaic word or its definition.

[(Anonymous)]

thanks, I hate it

[(Anonymous)]

So like quick google yeah? Google's very first definition for Scuttle- the one it spits out at you before it gives you any links to your search... is the noun "A a metal container with a sloping hinged lid and a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire." The verb doesn't pop up unless you click the "more definitions".

The preview for the first actual dictionary site also gives a definition for a noun of a shallow open basket. However if you click that actual dictionary website link, the very first definition is the more commonly known verb and the related noun of "a quick shuffling pace".

I really really hope it wasn't a "I googled it and google said this" type of situation because holy shit that would be so stupid.

[(Anonymous)]

DA
ngl my first thought was "did someone's AI spellchecker said the correct spelling is skuttle?" so we can battle for the stupidest reason to imagine