Octopus - Merriam-Webster Ask the Editor
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Kory Stamper, an Associate Editor at Merriam-Webster, talks about the plural version of octopus. See more videos at http://www.merriam-webster.com/video/asktheeditor.htm
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Slob was not the word I was expecting you to say.
1 week ago 3
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Thumbs up if you're here because of Misha Collins
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Doesn't she mean cephalopodes?
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I reserve my right to identify a group of octopods as octopuseseseseseseseseseseses
Haters going to hate.
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Thumbs up if NOBODY directed you here because you're quite capable of finding awesome Youtube videos on your own, thank you very much!
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Is "octopodes" correct in American English?
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@GegoXaren What is your "case"? That it sounds better? You didn't listen. The fact is that none of the three is technically wrong, as the editor points out at the end. Use any one you want, but other people have the same choice.
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Thumbs up if you were directed here by Michael Rusca.
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"octopodes" - I like the sound of that... MOVE ASIDE "octopi"!
"I went to see the octopodes at the aquarium last week"
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"I went to see the octopi at the aquarium last week"
I rest my case..
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"Hey! You're an ignorant slob."
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MarcusSentry 7 months ago 123
The conversation should have gone like this:
-Hey! I saw a group of octopuses!
-Hey! You're an ignorant slob. You saw a group of octupi.
-Don't tell ME what I saw. You weren't there.
End of story.
cirogalli 3 months ago 30