Comment on don't embarrass us in front of the cephalopods
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 9 months agoI know this is a tounge-and-cheek comment, but octopuses is generally preferred: oceanconservancy.org/blog/2022/…/plural-octopus/
Comment on don't embarrass us in front of the cephalopods
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 9 months agoI know this is a tounge-and-cheek comment, but octopuses is generally preferred: oceanconservancy.org/blog/2022/…/plural-octopus/
Hundun@beehaw.org 9 months ago
TIL, thank you!
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.