• tate
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      197 months ago

      Also, octopi. They’re all “correct” due to the multiple original languages’ grammar.

      • @[email protected]
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        113 days ago

        i can do you one better: language doesn’t have rules, if it sounds good it’s valid, who cares

      • @Zron
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        67 months ago

        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.

      • tate
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        47 months ago

        Thank you! I knew they were all correct, and I knew why, but I didn’t have an authoritative source to point folks to.

        • @[email protected]
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          27 months ago

          It used to be on the Merriam Webster YouTube channel but I think that editor left and for some reason it was taken down.

    • @[email protected]
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      113 days ago

      at this point i just spite everyone and call them something like “octopodii” or “octopiuses”