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Post by Spooky Ghost Ackbar on Feb 25, 2018 20:59:31 GMT
Or is it octopuses?  |
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Post by Spooky Ghost Ackbar on Feb 25, 2018 21:04:05 GMT
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Post by Salzmank on Feb 25, 2018 21:06:32 GMT
Or octopodes?
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Post by Spooky Ghost Ackbar on Feb 25, 2018 21:22:50 GMT
Or Octopussy?
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Post by Salzmank on Feb 25, 2018 21:24:57 GMT
Or…Goldfinger! He’s the man, the man with the golden touch! The touch of death, from Mr. Goldfinger!
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Feb 25, 2018 21:46:50 GMT
Aliens which resemble giant mutated octopi say "Hello." by entangling their tentacles in the movie Monsters (2010).    |
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Post by rateater on Feb 25, 2018 22:48:48 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 25, 2018 23:08:20 GMT
Certified as one of the WORST Films ever made and with BIG Name ****"STARS"**** yet !   The guy in the hat is the only reason I watched the whole thing   |
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Post by Ass_E9 on Feb 26, 2018 4:09:50 GMT
Octopenes
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 26, 2018 4:18:33 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 27, 2018 4:45:03 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 27, 2018 4:47:11 GMT
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Feb 27, 2018 15:59:01 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Feb 27, 2018 16:58:34 GMT
tomato tomato I think.
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Post by koskiewicz on Feb 27, 2018 17:37:02 GMT
...hey now...mollusks are mollusks...
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Post by teleadm on Feb 27, 2018 19:08:35 GMT
 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954  Reap the Wild Wind 1942  And then there was one from outer space called Space Amoeba 1970 |
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Feb 28, 2018 13:06:27 GMT
"All right, lets shoot this fucker!"
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Octopi
Feb 28, 2018 15:15:12 GMT
Post by someguy on Feb 28, 2018 15:15:12 GMT
I believe it's octopi.
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Octopi
Feb 28, 2018 16:14:26 GMT
Post by Salzmank on Feb 28, 2018 16:14:26 GMT
The OED lists octopuses, octopi, and octopodes all as acceptable plural forms. My Safari dictionary considers octopi incorrect, as - i is a Latin ending and octopus ultimately derives from Greek (in which the ending would be - podes)—but I disagree, as the word, while originally Greek, came into English via Latin. I’m with the OED on this one: I think octopi is a perfectly valid plural form—as is octopuses. Octopodes, however, is just plain ridiculous. More information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_in_-us#OctopusThe Wikipedia article makes the point that octopus is itself Latinized Greek, which, as I said, renders octopi perfectly valid. I don’t see octopi or platypi as “misconceived” (as Fowler’s apparently writes) or “ill-considered” (as the Wikipedia article states). Some prescriptivists may give you hell for the - i plural, but this prescriptivist believes they’re wrong on the facts. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 1, 2018 4:47:12 GMT
Salzmank That's all very well and good Mr. Built-In-Safari-Apple Dictionary, OED, but, IN MY VERY HUMBLE OPINION, octopus, like moose, is one of those words better left alone and therefor singular. That goes for platypus as well ! Now put THAT in your Funk and Wagnell's and smoke it !
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