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• GiveMemes@jlai.lu ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  All English words that don’t have a specific pluralization (eg mouse, mice) can be pluralized with either an s or an es. It’s also a Latin and Greek root, so it can be pluralized as you did, in the Latin way, or the Greek way (Thesauroi), or alternatively with the s/es ending, all of which are correct!

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  • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unlike “octopuses”. 🙇🏽‍♂️

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    • GiveMemes@jlai.lu ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nope! Octopuses, octopuses, and octopi are all correct afaik

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      • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Wrong, sorry. Októpus is a Greek word that translates to “eight foot,” and pluralizing it via Latin has no etymological basis. “Acceptable/widely used” is in no way synonymous to “correct”, let’s not forget.

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• grandkaiser@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  *thesaurisi

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  • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Veni, Vidi, Thesaurisi?

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