wtf mullenweg, you're a and the founder of #wordpress for chrissakes
Everyone talking about how octopi is incorrect and at the time of this writing not a single comment contains the correct plural:
octopodes
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
Submitted 8 months ago by Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
https://pxlmo.com/i/web/post/751420360675347483
Comments
voracitude@lemmy.world 8 months ago
teft@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Octopuses and octopodes are both considered correct.
TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 8 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.”
candybrie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
This is the WordPress drama you’re focusing on right now?
hedgehog@ttrpg.network 8 months ago
Can you elaborate on why this is mildly infuriating?