Octopusseh
Since this has come up a few times in the past few weeks, I thought I would address it openly online.
THE PLURAL OF OCTOPUS IS OCTOPUSES, NOT OCTOPI. (even the livejournal spellcheck has underscored "octopi" and not octopuses, so there)
from Gk. oktopous "eight-footed," from okto "eight" (see eight) + pous "foot."
Octopi is from mistaken assumption that -us is the L. noun ending that takes -i in plural.
Please let this discussion end now. Thank you.
This has been a public sevice announcement brought to you by the letters STFU.
THE PLURAL OF OCTOPUS IS OCTOPUSES, NOT OCTOPI. (even the livejournal spellcheck has underscored "octopi" and not octopuses, so there)
from Gk. oktopous "eight-footed," from okto "eight" (see eight) + pous "foot."
Octopi is from mistaken assumption that -us is the L. noun ending that takes -i in plural.
Please let this discussion end now. Thank you.
This has been a public sevice announcement brought to you by the letters STFU.