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[-] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago
[-] Dufurson@sh.itjust.works 23 points 11 months ago
[-] tate@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 11 months ago

Also, octopi. They're all "correct" due to the multiple original languages' grammar.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago

i can do you one better: language doesn't have rules, if it sounds good it's valid, who cares

[-] blackluster117@possumpat.io 8 points 11 months ago

I've always preferred 'octopodes'. It's just such a fun word.

[-] Zron@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

After reading the children of time series, I choose to use octopodes simply due to the fact that they are beautifully narcissistic little bastards in those books.

Man is that a good, if gut wrenching series.

[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago
[-] tate@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 11 months ago

Thank you! I knew they were all correct, and I knew why, but I didn't have an authoritative source to point folks to.

[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

It used to be on the Merriam Webster YouTube channel but I think that editor left and for some reason it was taken down.

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Octopodes nuts?

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago

at this point i just spite everyone and call them something like "octopodii" or "octopiuses"

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago
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