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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

In greek it would be incorrect, in english it's not worse than the others.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 4 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 ;)