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minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·1 month agoOctopus, octopuses, and octopodes are correct. Octopi incorrect.
minus-squareXavienthlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·edit-21 month agoOctopi is also correct. If anything, more correct than octopodes by virtue of popularity. Mismatching the language to the suffix does not a fake word make! The downvoters are silly prescriptivists ;)
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoIn greek it would be incorrect, in english it’s not worse than the others.
Octopus, octopuses, and octopodes are correct. Octopi incorrect.
Octopi is also correct. If anything, more correct than octopodes by virtue of popularity. Mismatching the language to the suffix does not a fake word make!
The downvoters are silly prescriptivists ;)
In greek it would be incorrect, in english it’s not worse than the others.