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• ADTJ@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Did you know that octopi has long been included in many dictionaries also?

  Language is only half etymology and half vibes

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  • rockerface@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And half of etymology is also vibes

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  • sik0fewl@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ya, but it sounds annoying because it’s incorrect.

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    • Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It is not incorrect when the change happens in a living language. That is why they are still living.

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      • sik0fewl@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Sure, but to my ears it sounds wrong and there’s already a word with that meaning. I don’t see the problem with correcting people and I’ve definitely misused or mispronounced words and I don’t mind the correction.

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    • senseamidmadness@lemmygrad.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      100 percent of all words are made up. As long as the point gets communicated, ya best start being more chill about it

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• Iunnrais@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The correct GREEK plural, which would be used because the root of octopus is Greek, could be octopodes. However, in ENGLISH, people have started intuiting that words ending in “~us” pluralize to ~i, akin to cacti. So this isn’t about being a Latin rule, it’s actually an emergent English rule.

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• Bysmuth@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  After a little research it seems that “octopi” and “octopuses” have been so widely used and for so long, that dictionaries include all of them as correct. An article from merriam webster even pragmatically suggests referring to them as “octopodes” is less likely to be understood so stick with “octopi” or “octopuses”. Also, it seems “octopodes” is the more widely accepted “correct” plural and “octopoda” refers to the genus.

  But it’s an interesting topic, i wish to subscribe to octopus etymology facts(or any interesting reads)

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• mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Octopussen.

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  the correct pluralization is octopedophiles

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  • jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Oh, shit, there’s 7 more Epstiens?

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