Plural of "octopus" is not "octopi". Where do people get this nonsense from? "Octopus" is a Greek word (ὀκτώπους), not a Latin one (where plural of "-us" nouns is mostly formed with "-i"), and the Greek plural is "octopodes" (ὀκτώποδες). In English, the plural of "octopus" should probably be "octopuses", or maybe "octopodes", but certainly not "octopi".
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 (March 8, 2024 at 2:52 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: Plural of "octopus" is not "octopi". Where do people get this nonsense from? "Octopus" is a Greek word (ὀκτώπους), not a Latin one (where plural of "-us" nouns is mostly formed with "-i"), and the Greek plural is "octopodes" (ὀκτώποδες). In English, the plural of "octopus" should probably be "octopuses", or maybe "octopodes", but certainly not "octopi". Well, so long as my parody has been corrected, I guess that's all that matters. But you didn't answer the question. Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"  (March 8, 2024 at 2:52 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: Plural of "octopus" is not "octopi". Where do people get this nonsense from? "Octopus" is a Greek word (ὀκτώπους), not a Latin one (where plural of "-us" nouns is mostly formed with "-i"), and the Greek plural is "octopodes" (ὀκτώποδες). In English, the plural of "octopus" should probably be "octopuses", or maybe "octopodes", but certainly not "octopi". That post had all the energy and entertainment value of a Steely Dan concert. Boru
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![[Image: s-l640.jpg]](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DjAAAOSwpIhe1HCM/s-l640.jpg) (March 8, 2024 at 9:33 pm)Nay_Sayer Wrote: Do Robots dream of electric sheep? Robot farmers in NZ do... Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"  (March 8, 2024 at 9:42 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:(March 8, 2024 at 9:33 pm)Nay_Sayer Wrote: Do Robots dream of electric sheep? That's pretty shocking.
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(March 8, 2024 at 2:52 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: Plural of "octopus" is not "octopi". Where do people get this nonsense from? "Octopus" is a Greek word (ὀκτώπους), not a Latin one (where plural of "-us" nouns is mostly formed with "-i"), and the Greek plural is "octopodes" (ὀκτώποδες). In English, the plural of "octopus" should probably be "octopuses", or maybe "octopodes", but certainly not "octopi". You should open up an irony mine. The crazy shit you post...
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(March 8, 2024 at 10:05 am)brewer Wrote: What about the James Bond one? Didn't it have lasers and tentacles? That would make it doubly dangerous in hentai Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???" 
I'm just here because I misread the word, "tentacle" because it was in the context of porn.
 (March 8, 2024 at 2:52 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: Plural of "octopus" is not "octopi". Where do people get this nonsense from? "Octopus" is a Greek word (ὀκτώπους), not a Latin one (where plural of "-us" nouns is mostly formed with "-i"), and the Greek plural is "octopodes" (ὀκτώποδες). In English, the plural of "octopus" should probably be "octopuses", or maybe "octopodes", but certainly not "octopi". "Octopus" isn't Greek, it's English bastardized from the Greek "oktopous". The worst that you can say about "octopi" is that it's misconceived, but then so is the whole English language. So the correct plural of "octopus" is "octopi". Because it's the common usage and, more importantly, it pisses off the pedanticists. |
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