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πŸ™ octopodes πŸ™ (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Octopi?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Dont you dare use a Latin pluralization of a Greek root word!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'll use whatever pluralodes I feel like!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wow, look at all these plurapodes

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

There's lodes of them!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Its origin is Greek, but it comes to us through Latin, so fuck it. Plus it’s language, and octopi is understood by fluent speakers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

You want 8 pies? What?