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Re: [Waaaaaay OT] Grammer



On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:15:30AM -0700, Tom wrote:
> 
> My personal pet peeve is:
> http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=octopi
> oc?to?pus    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (kt-ps)
> n. pl. oc?to?pus?es or oc?to?pi (-p)
> 
> Octopus is greek.  The correct plural is octopuses damn it!

... so shouldn't it be 'octopedes' IIRC? Haralambos?

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