November 3, 2010
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john cabrera: The Plural Form of Octopus is not Octopi
Sorry, it’s just not. It’s Octopuses.
In Latin, when a word ends in ‘us’ its plural form is often ‘i’.
An example of this is Cactus… whose plural is Cacti. Or Fungus whose plural is Fungi.
However…
Octopus is not a Latin word. It’s originally from the Ancient Greek word Oktopous, and so…
A sad day for Octopi everywhere….
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A sad day for Octopi everywhere….
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learn! o rly? sudo learn!
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But but but, I always thought it was octopodes?
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into throw-down fights about this.
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Thank you thank you thank you!!! I have been corrected so many times about the plural
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