• Drusas@kbin.run
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    3 months ago

    Octopus, octopuses, and octopodes are correct. Octopi incorrect.

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      3 months ago

      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 ;)