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[Silfurdreki]

Genties and ladymen, we have blue glowy stuff!

(One more teaser shot from the season two opening)

[Dsarker]

Well, at least Fox says we're better than terrorists.

As for octopus, octopuses and octopodes are correct plurals, but octopi isn't.

[Bohandas]

As for octopus, octopuses and octopodes are correct plurals, but octopi isn't.

Again, we are not speaking Greek or Latin. Octopi is an acceptable plural of octopus because it is an irregular English noun, the same goes for "Pegasi" as a plural of "Pegasus". (Furthermore the root word for pegasus, Πήγασος, theoretically would not need any plural at all as it referred to a unique creature)

(Also, octopodes as a plural for "octopus" is wrong. It is correctly (a transliteration of) the plural of the Greek word ὀκτάπους)

[Crazy Cow]

Genties and ladymen, we have blue glowy stuff!

(One more teaser shot from the season two opening)

I'm going to refer to that white dragon as "Derpgon" now. Every mural it's in it's making a stupid face.

[Sordid]

Genties and ladymen, we have blue glowy stuff!

(One more teaser shot from the season two opening)

I'm going to refer to that white dragon as "Derpgon" now. Every mural it's in it's making a stupid face.

Oh god, I haven't noticed that at first but now I can't stop laughing!

[fqllve]

Again, we are not speaking Greek or Latin. Octopi is an acceptable plural of octopus because it is an irregular English noun

But it's mistakenly derived from Latin pluralization. I'd say it's acceptable because the usage is in high currency and it isn't really worth the effort to keep our pluralizations in line with Classical Greek. I'll just stick with octopuses, though.

And pegasuses, and hippopotamuses, and huses polluses.

[Bohandas]

Again, we are not speaking Greek or Latin. Octopi is an acceptable plural of octopus because it is an irregular English noun

But it's mistakenly derived from Latin pluralization. I'd say it's acceptable because the usage is in high currency and it isn't really worth the effort to keep our pluralizations in line with Classical Greek. I'll just stick with octopuses, though.

And pegasuses, and hippopotamuses, and huses polluses.

It isn't worth the effort to "keep our plurilizations in line" with any bullshit ideal.

[Sordid]

It isn't worth the effort to "keep our plurilizations in line" with any bullshit ideal.

"Bullshit ideal" there presumably used in the meaning of "correct spelling".

[Dsarker]

Well, as mes say here, there are no embellishments for making.

[FunctionZero]

It isn't worth the effort to "keep our plurilizations in line" with any bullshit ideal.

"Bullshit ideal" there presumably used in the meaning of "correct spelling".

But not English spelling. So yeah, it's bullshit.

[Bauglir]

But the "English" definition is an incorrect attempt to adhere to Latin grammar rules. The proper English one is, indeed, octopuses because it follows English pluralization rules.

[Dsarker]

But the rules can change. As they did in Latin, as they did in Greek, as they have done in every language.

[Armok]

relevent: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionary.html

[Bauglir]

But the rules can change. As they did in Latin, as they did in Greek, as they have done in every language.

I'm not arguing against that, but the plural "octopi" is an attempt to hold to archaic language rules. If you don't want to do that, just move on and use "octopuses". If you want to hold on to those rules, use "octopodes".

Man, this is the silliest argument in a while that I've gotten in. Wooooooo

[Dsarker]

But the rules can change. As they did in Latin, as they did in Greek, as they have done in every language.

I'm not arguing against that, but the plural "octopi" is an attempt to hold to archaic language rules. If you don't want to do that, just move on and use "octopuses". If you want to hold on to those rules, use "octopodes".

Man, this is the silliest argument in a while that I've gotten in. Wooooooo

It's hypercorrection anyway.

But has anyone looked at the story?