fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 23 Mar 20:51
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Title fixed.
Zachariah@lemmy.world
on 23 Mar 21:28
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Depends on the language. Current standardized American English overwhelmingly list adds -s/-es to make a plural noun. So âoctopusesâ would be technically correct with âoctopodesâ and âoctopiâ also accepted.
If youâre writing Latin, youâd want octopi instead. If youâre writing Greek: octopodes.
But English is a democratic language, so feel free to vote often and early by using your preferred version.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
on 24 Mar 05:15
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Octothingies is my favorite
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
on 24 Mar 06:55
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at this point i feel the only sensible answer is to use the most nonsensical form that still sounds normal
To be pedantic, octopi comes from the misconception that octopus is a second-declension noun in Latin when itâs actually a third-declension noun. If you were writing Latin, youâd still want octopodes
CreatingMachines@fedia.io
on 23 Mar 22:08
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Well, we can't have all the octopodes nuts having their secret octopodes (related?) discussions with their own secret language like the word "octopods", now can we?
We can't keep letting them get away with it!
MintyFresh@lemmy.world
on 23 Mar 22:21
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Octopi?
NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world
on 24 Mar 00:23
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Dont you dare use a Latin pluralization of a Greek root word!
I feel like any linguist upset by non-prescriptive language needs to maybe reconsider their life choices. Imagine telling someone theyâre painting incorrectly or being mad at the discovery of a new species.
I meant to put the linguist at the end in quotes my bad on that. I was trying to refer to the self styled reddit âlinguistsâ that you would see trying to correct people for using the wrong form of then/than where it was really not appropriate.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
on 24 Mar 06:54
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octopiussi
murtaza64@programming.dev
on 24 Mar 19:07
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Linguists are probably the least likely people to get upset at someone using the âwrongâ word. they might pull out their notebook and start asking you questions though
PintOShenanigans@sh.itjust.works
on 24 Mar 21:58
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She wasnât even a scientist. She just kinda showed up, made friends with the research facility, and convinced them to let her try teaching the dolphin to speak.
Ironically her âmethodâ did start to show some success
BakerBagel@midwest.social
on 23 Mar 23:11
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Thatâs a classic. I love how it starts serious and then goes into absurdity really fast. Like when the 'crack spider thinks building webs is for suckas and he just waits for the caffeine spider to tire out before busting a cap in his assâŚ
How do you people share webp links to messaging apps? Preview never shows and sometimes the image doesnt open
fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 25 Mar 10:50
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The work around I do is save them on my phone, then sligly edit them, e.g. do a little crop on the side then resave then it seems to work for whatever reason.
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*octopodes (yes I know octopuses is also correct but the technically correct version sounds cooler)
*Octopussies
Only Japanese ones
Title fixed.
Depends on the language. Current standardized American English overwhelmingly list adds
-s/-esto make a plural noun. So âoctopusesâ would be technically correct with âoctopodesâ and âoctopiâ also accepted.If youâre writing Latin, youâd want octopi instead. If youâre writing Greek: octopodes.
But English is a democratic language, so feel free to vote often and early by using your preferred version.
Octothingies is my favorite
at this point i feel the only sensible answer is to use the most nonsensical form that still sounds normal
To be pedantic, octopi comes from the misconception that octopus is a second-declension noun in Latin when itâs actually a third-declension noun. If you were writing Latin, youâd still want octopodes
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Well, we can't have all the octopodes nuts having their secret octopodes (related?) discussions with their own secret language like the word "octopods", now can we?
We can't keep letting them get away with it!
Octopi?
Dont you dare use a Latin pluralization of a Greek root word!
Iâll use whatever pluralodes I feel like!
Wow, look at all these plurapodes
Thereâs lodes of them!
Its origin is Greek, but it comes to us through Latin, so fuck it. Plus itâs language, and octopi is understood by fluent speakers
You want 8 pies? What?
I use all forms of octopi interchangeably just to piss off âlinguistsâ.
Edit:linguists -> âlinguistsâ
Octopi, octopuses, and octopods are all valid pluralizations of octopus in American English.
Conversely, cacti is the only valid pluralization of cactus.
Donât worry, language itself pissed us off long before you did.
I feel like any linguist upset by non-prescriptive language needs to maybe reconsider their life choices. Imagine telling someone theyâre painting incorrectly or being mad at the discovery of a new species.
I meant to put the linguist at the end in quotes my bad on that. I was trying to refer to the self styled reddit âlinguistsâ that you would see trying to correct people for using the wrong form of then/than where it was really not appropriate.
octopiussi
Linguists are probably the least likely people to get upset at someone using the âwrongâ word. they might pull out their notebook and start asking you questions though
Octopodes nuts
I kinda love how this only works if you know the correct pronunciation. For those that donât, itâs ock-top-uh-deez
Who thinks about giving an octopus ecstasy??
The same person whoâd hug a tripping octopus.
Scientists
Scientists smart enough to get approval for buying ecstasy for research purposes!
and then you have the ones that give LSD to dolphins and jerking them off
She wasnât even a scientist. She just kinda showed up, made friends with the research facility, and convinced them to let her try teaching the dolphin to speak.
Ironically her âmethodâ did start to show some success
Jacobs is a professor at the Princeton University Neuroscience Institute, and in 1976 he and a team from the universityâs psychology department set out to study how LSD affected felines. That might seem like a bizarre research topic, but hey, it was 1976, they had this acid, they had these catsâwhat else were they going to do?
Lots of wild experiments giving drugs to animals.
The crack spiderâs bitch, Environment Canada Wildlife Service.
Thatâs a classic. I love how it starts serious and then goes into absurdity really fast. Like when the 'crack spider thinks building webs is for suckas and he just waits for the caffeine spider to tire out before busting a cap in his assâŚ
Sure, letâs write a proposal for LSD-based feline experimentation, give the cats just catnip and keep the LSD for ourselves.
You know stories about Hofmann taking some bike trip while being high.
An octopus stole the pixels, huh
âthe labâs pet octopus fucked with us in a type of fuckery as yet undocumented: part 726aâ just doesnât have the same oomph
Who doesnât want to cuddle on ecstasy?
My cat, always. That little fucker just wants to dance.
Octopuses are awesome. I wonder if they are like the cats of the sea.
How me and my best lab buddy spent our summer blowing the research budget.
How do you people share webp links to messaging apps? Preview never shows and sometimes the image doesnt open
The work around I do is save them on my phone, then sligly edit them, e.g. do a little crop on the side then resave then it seems to work for whatever reason.