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minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·2 months agoOctopus, octopuses, and octopodes are correct. Octopi incorrect.
minus-squareXavienth@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoOctopi is also correct. If anything, more correct than octopodes by virtue of popularity. Mismatching the language to the suffix does not a fake word make! The downvoters are silly prescriptivists ;)
Octopus, octopuses, and octopodes are correct. Octopi incorrect.
Octopi is also correct. If anything, more correct than octopodes by virtue of popularity. Mismatching the language to the suffix does not a fake word make!
The downvoters are silly prescriptivists ;)