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[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Octopodes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Octopodes nuts?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Octopadeus?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I should memorize the video

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thank you! I knew they were all correct, and I knew why, but I didn't have an authoritative source to point folks to.

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

It used to be on the Merriam Webster YouTube channel but I think that editor left and for some reason it was taken down.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've always preferred 'octopodes'. It's just such a fun word.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

After reading the children of time series, I choose to use octopodes simply due to the fact that they are beautifully narcissistic little bastards in those books.

Man is that a good, if gut wrenching series.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

Also, octopi. They're all "correct" due to the multiple original languages' grammar.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago

Octopussies