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This is fascinating and instead of replying I've been reading about this and looking up words like cacti. For what it's worth, both plural forms for Octopus are
by monkeybutton 5y ago
This is fascinating and instead of replying I've been reading about this and looking up words like cacti. For what it's worth, both plural forms for Octopus are in my phone's autocomplete dictionary.
- sen 5y agoThe only real solution here is to make the official plural term be Octopises.
- Izkata 5y agoSeems to be missing the third plural, perhaps Octopodises
- junon 5y ago"Octopissies" doesn't exactly sound the best when said out loud...
- ComodoHacker 5y agoWhat about "octopussies"?
- jaydeflix 5y agoWhile octopi dates back to at least 1834 per the OED, can I put in a vote for the plural of octopus to be hentai?
- froh 5y ago> phone's autocomplete dictionary. Snicker ... The new Webster or Oxfords ...