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minus-squareIMongoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agohttps://www.dictionary.com/e/octopuses-or-octopi/ Octopuses, octopodes, and octopi are fine.
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoAs always, it depends on who you ask: https://web.archive.org/web/20190422115828/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/octopus https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2022/02/01/plural-octopus https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/19/octopi/
minus-squareIMongoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoRight, when there is this much controversy over a plural there will never be a consensus, especially when it doesn’t actually matter. The truth is that as long as people understand what you mean it doesn’t matter what you use.
https://www.dictionary.com/e/octopuses-or-octopi/
Octopuses, octopodes, and octopi are fine.
As always, it depends on who you ask:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190422115828/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/octopus
https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2022/02/01/plural-octopus
https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/19/octopi/
Right, when there is this much controversy over a plural there will never be a consensus, especially when it doesn’t actually matter. The truth is that as long as people understand what you mean it doesn’t matter what you use.