Fact of the day : Some octopuses have been known ...

[another generation]

Bad grammar, really.

It SHOULD be 'octopodes' when the plural is indicated, but whatever...

Nope.

There are three plural forms of octopus: octopuses, octopi, and octopodes. Currently, octopuses is the most common form in the UK as well as the US; octopodes is rare, and octopi is often objectionable.

The Oxford English Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order); it labels octopodes "rare", and notes that octopi derives from the mistaken assumption that octōpūs is a second declension Latin noun, which it is not.

 

[Bigga]

Bad grammar, really.

It SHOULD be 'octopodes' when the plural is indicated, but whatever...

Nope.

There are three plural forms of octopus: octopuses, octopi, and octopodes. Currently, octopuses is the most common form in the UK as well as the US; octopodes is rare, and octopi is often objectionable.

The Oxford English Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order); it labels octopodes "rare", and notes that octopi derives from the mistaken assumption that octōpūs is a second declension Latin noun, which it is not.

Wrong.

'Octopus' is GREEK not Latin, so the CORRECT plural would have been 'Octopode' as I indicated. But it has been in use here as English, which is why the dictionary accepts 'octopuses' as standard.

Sorry chum.

 

[bluetrue]

Tentacles dear boy, tentacles.

Octopuses have arms, not tentacles.

 

[another generation]

Bad grammar, really.

It SHOULD be 'octopodes' when the plural is indicated, but whatever...

Nope.

There are three plural forms of octopus: octopuses, octopi, and octopodes. Currently, octopuses is the most common form in the UK as well as the US; octopodes is rare, and octopi is often objectionable.

The Oxford English Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order); it labels octopodes "rare", and notes that octopi derives from the mistaken assumption that octōpūs is a second declension Latin noun, which it is not.

Wrong.

'Octopus' is GREEK not Latin, so the CORRECT plural would have been 'Octopode' as I indicated. But it has been in use here as English, which is why the dictionary accepts 'octopuses' as standard.

Sorry chum.

Where did I quote that it was Latin? I'll let you go and correct the OED, Wikipedia, etc, if you want.

 

[Bigga]

Nope.

Wrong.

'Octopus' is GREEK not Latin, so the CORRECT plural would have been 'Octopode' as I indicated. But it has been in use here as English, which is why the dictionary accepts 'octopuses' as standard.

Sorry chum.

Where did I quote that it was Latin? I'll let you go and correct the OED, Wikipedia, etc, if you want.

I guess you missed your own quotations...

 

[Latics Fan SJK]

Wrong.

'Octopus' is GREEK not Latin, so the CORRECT plural would have been 'Octopode' as I indicated. But it has been in use here as English, which is why the dictionary accepts 'octopuses' as standard.

Sorry chum.

Where did I quote that it was Latin? I'll let you go and correct the OED, Wikipedia, etc, if you want.

I guess you missed your own quotations...

I think it's you who needs to read the quotation again.

"The Oxford English Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order); it labels octopodes "rare", and notes that octopi derives from the mistaken assumption that octōpūs is a second declension Latin noun, which it is not."

AG never said it was Latin and all the OED has noted is that Octupi derives from the MISTAKEN ASSUMPTION that Octopus is Latin.

 

[2sheikhs]

Where did I quote that it was Latin? I'll let you go and correct the OED, Wikipedia, etc, if you want.

I guess you missed your own quotations...

I think it's you who needs to read the quotation again.

"The Oxford English Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order); it labels octopodes "rare", and notes that octopi derives from the mistaken assumption that octōpūs is a second declension Latin noun, which it is not."

AG never said it was Latin and all the OED has noted is that Octupi derives from the MISTAKEN ASSUMPTION that Octopus is Latin.

Whoever's right or wrong, it still looks like an exploding pair of knackers.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Dubbery working his magic once again

 

[Bigga]

Where did I quote that it was Latin? I'll let you go and correct the OED, Wikipedia, etc, if you want.

I guess you missed your own quotations...

I think it's you who needs to read the quotation again.

"The Oxford English Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order); it labels octopodes "rare", and notes that octopi derives from the mistaken assumption that octōpūs is a second declension Latin noun, which it is not."

AG never said it was Latin and all the OED has noted is that Octupi derives from the MISTAKEN ASSUMPTION that Octopus is Latin.

A fair point.

Multi-tasking can be a b*tch...

 

[Latics Fan SJK]

I guess you missed your own quotations...

I think it's you who needs to read the quotation again.

"The Oxford English Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order); it labels octopodes "rare", and notes that octopi derives from the mistaken assumption that octōpūs is a second declension Latin noun, which it is not."

AG never said it was Latin and all the OED has noted is that Octupi derives from the MISTAKEN ASSUMPTION that Octopus is Latin.

A fair point.

Multi-tasking can be a b*tch...

No problem, chum.