at this point i just spite everyone and call them something like “octopodii” or “octopiuses”
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SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Octopodes.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
tate@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
Also, octopi. They’re all “correct” due to the multiple original languages’ grammar.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
i can do you one better: language doesn’t have rules, if it sounds good it’s valid, who cares
blackluster117@possumpat.io 7 months ago
I’ve always preferred ‘octopodes’. It’s just such a fun word.
Zron@lemmy.world 7 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 7 months ago
tate@lemmy.sdf.org 7 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 7 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 7 months ago
Octopodes nuts?
Donjuanme@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Octopadeus?
Dufurson@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Octopussies