cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 2 months agoDo octopi react to or "like" music?message-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up115
arrow-up115message-squareDo octopi react to or "like" music?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 2 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoFun fact: Because “octopus” comes from the Green and not Latin, the plural is “octopodes” or “octopuses” in English!
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 months ago Green Phew! I thought u were gonna say greex for a sec there
minus-squarehesh@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoOctopi is also accepted, since this is English where everything is made up and the points don’t matter!
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYes finally someone sane No sarcasm. It’s just hilarious using grammar from foreign languages to argue what’s the single right way to bastardize loan words. Do I have to decline octopus too? Lololol
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoGet your own grammar signed every language with self respect
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoOr just “octopus” as both the singular and plural.
Fun fact: Because “octopus” comes from the Green and not Latin, the plural is “octopodes” or “octopuses” in English!
Phew! I thought u were gonna say greex for a sec there
love you too, Cheese
Octopi is also accepted, since this is English where everything is made up and the points don’t matter!
Yes finally someone sane
No sarcasm. It’s just hilarious using grammar from foreign languages to argue what’s the single right way to bastardize loan words. Do I have to decline octopus too? Lololol
Get your own grammar
Or just “octopus” as both the singular and plural.