Comment on don't embarrass us in front of the cephalopods

Hundun@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I know this is a tounge-and-cheek comment, but octopuses is generally preferred: oceanconservancy.org/blog/2022/…/plural-octopus/

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  • Hundun@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    TIL, thank you!

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    • piper11@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Before using wrong a plural in a language you don’t know, just use an anglized plural, octopuses (or octopusses).

      Afaik, octopodi would be correct as 'pus is actually derived from ancient greek “pous” meaning foot (latin would be “pes”). And even in Latin, not everything ending on -us has -i as plural.

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