Comment on 🐙 Octopus is Octopus 🐙

samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• gnutrino@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nah, level 1 is actually correct. Regardless of its etymology, octopus is an english word and should be pluralised accordingly.

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Level 3 includes level 1 in it, with the addition of a correct plural using the original language’s rules.

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    • Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ot would only work the other way around. If english grammar dictates that a loan word’s original language grammar be used. Aka level 1 includes level 3

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      • Viceversa@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You cannot just throw some other languages grammar at english however you please

        … because English would steal said grammar by itself!

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      • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Of course you can, that’s why oxen, fungi, etc. exist.

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  • veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But see here’s the thing, English has no rules for plurals, so “accordingly” basically means “by vibes”.

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• LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not really. Depending on the noun, the plural may be -us (called u-declination) instead of -i (called o-declination)

  Example: modus is also modus in plural.

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Octopus is a word of Greek origin. Nothing to do with Latin rules.

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    • LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah that part is correct but the first part of the sentence of level 3 is not :)

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      • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ah, so you reaqlly have an issue with level 2.

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