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minus-squaretate@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 months agoAlso, octopi. They’re all “correct” due to the multiple original languages’ grammar.
minus-squaretate@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoThank 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-up3·3 months agoIt used to be on the Merriam Webster YouTube channel but I think that editor left and for some reason it was taken down.
minus-squareblackluster117@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoI’ve always preferred ‘octopodes’. It’s just such a fun word.
minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoAfter 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.
Octopodes.
Octopussies
Also, octopi. They’re all “correct” due to the multiple original languages’ grammar.
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.
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.
Octopodes nuts?
Octopadeus?