Comment on mullenweg, founder of wordpress, claims that the apostrophe we type is actually a prime mark and talks about how he always manually inputs U+2019 instead

voracitude@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• teft@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Octopuses and octopodes are both considered correct.

  source
• TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nah. “Octopodes” (note, pronounced “ock-TAH-poh-deez”) is a very recent plural for the word in English. It’s not incorrect, but it’s not “the correct plural.”

  There is no “correct” plural. “Octopi” is the oldest plural in English, then “octopuses,” then “octopodes.”

  This article from Merriam-Webster is informative.

  source