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no source is needed words mean whatever we want them to mean. dictionaries revise themselves every year to add a new/changed definition based on what appears
by syngrog66 3y ago
no source is needed
words mean whatever
we want them to mean. dictionaries revise themselves every year to add a new/changed definition based on what appears to be recent popular usage
if we want octopi to be the "correct" plural form then it will be declared
English is riddled with inconsistencies and hip slang anyway
octopi: I'm +1 on it
- jhanschoo 3y agoSure, your current reasoning has convinced me to accept octopi. But by this reasoning, you're the one suggesting, against your present justification, that octopuses is not a "correct" plural (and should be corrected to "octopi"), when its in "recent popular usage". In which case there is no use for the comment I had replied to.
- syngrog66 3y agopoint ----> your head ;-) please dont troll in the future. makes social media worse for the rest of us. HN has a bad rep in this regard already