• RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours ago

    And that’s why octopuses is correct. Octopi is not a derivation of octopus nor do we use “i” as a plural ending in English.

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      2 hours ago

      Sure we do, on occasion anyway. Cacti, fungi, alumni, syllabi, loci, foci, radii, moduli, stimuli, uteri, papyri, nuclei, termini.

      Language isn’t about being “correct”, as there’s no truly objective standard. Rather, it’s about being understood. But I guess you didn’t watch that video.