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minus-squaretate@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·1 个月前Also, octopi. They’re all “correct” due to the multiple original languages’ grammar.
minus-squareblackluster117@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 个月前I’ve always preferred ‘octopodes’. It’s just such a fun word.
minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 个月前After reading the children of time series, I choose to use octopodes simply due to the fact that they are beautifully narcissistic little bastards in those books. Man is that a good, if gut wrenching series.
minus-squaretate@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 个月前Thank you! I knew they were all correct, and I knew why, but I didn’t have an authoritative source to point folks to.
minus-squarezqwzzle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 个月前It used to be on the Merriam Webster YouTube channel but I think that editor left and for some reason it was taken down.
Octopodes.
Octopussies
Also, octopi. They’re all “correct” due to the multiple original languages’ grammar.
I’ve always preferred ‘octopodes’. It’s just such a fun word.
After reading the children of time series, I choose to use octopodes simply due to the fact that they are beautifully narcissistic little bastards in those books.
Man is that a good, if gut wrenching series.
I should memorize the video
Thank you! I knew they were all correct, and I knew why, but I didn’t have an authoritative source to point folks to.
It used to be on the Merriam Webster YouTube channel but I think that editor left and for some reason it was taken down.
Octopodes nuts?
Octopadeus?