Octothingies is my favorite
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Zachariah@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨months⊠agoDepends on the language. Current standardized American English overwhelmingly list adds -s/-es to make a plural noun. So âoctopusesâ would be technically correct with âoctopodesâ and âoctopiâ also accepted.
If youâre writing Latin, youâd want octopi instead. If youâre writing Greek: octopodes.
But English is a democratic language, so feel free to vote often and early on your preferred version.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
RBridger@lemmygrad.ml â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
To be pedantic, octopi comes from the misconception that octopus is a second-declension noun in Latin when itâs actually a third-declension noun. If you were writing Latin, youâd still want octopodes
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
at this point i feel the only sensible answer is to use the most nonsensical form that still sounds normal