As always, it depends on who you ask:
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IMongoose@lemmy.world 7 months agowww.dictionary.com/e/octopuses-or-octopi/
Octopuses, octopodes, and octopi are fine.
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 months ago
IMongoose@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Right, when there is this much controversy over a plural there will never be a consensus, especially when it doesn’t actually matter. The truth is that as long as people understand what you mean it doesn’t matter what you use.
littlebluespark@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Vernacular morphology is one thing, but in a scientific mode, this is lazy AF.
IMongoose@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Mountain lions have like 30 different names and no one gets into entomology fights about them. If there is no scientific standard name like birds have use whatever makes the most sense to you.
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 7 months ago
What about octopussies?
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 months ago
James Bond already did that one I think…