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To: E who wrote (1651)12/30/1998 4:37:00 PM
From: mr.mark  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4711
 
i never could get behind saying...

an historic



To: E who wrote (1651)12/31/1998 1:00:00 AM
From: Kitskid  Respond to of 4711
 
Also, not octopusi, Latin irregular.



To: E who wrote (1651)1/2/1999 2:00:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 4711
 
My problem is that "octopus" ain't Latin. It's Greek. Thus "octopods" (or the more klunky "octopodes") is technically more suited. "Octopi" is a subtle but jarring act of shoehorning one language's word into another's grammar.
I grew up bilingual, and a verbal or grammatical/idiomatic frameshift in our household was immediate grounds for a tonguelashing :-)


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