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Re: [Waaaaaay OT] Grammer



on Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 06:59:35PM +0100, Pigeon (jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk) wrote:
> 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?

hexadecipus


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