On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 06:59:35PM +0100, Pigeon wrote: > On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:15:30AM -0700, Tom wrote: > > My personal pet peeve is: > > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=octopi > > oc?to?pus ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kt-ps) > > n. pl. oc?to?pus?es or oc?to?pi (-p) > > > > Octopus is greek. The correct plural is octopuses damn it! > > ... so shouldn't it be 'octopedes' IIRC? Haralambos?
Octopodes, I think ... -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
