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[narratus]

So here's a funny thing.  It's a new year and I'd made some mental, to myself (to God as well) resolutions about writing, dieting, etc.  Typically, I spend a (considerable? Yeah, I'll be honest) amount of time in my day playing Facebook games.  I don't post facebook stati (is that a word? Octopus, octopi, status, stati?  I like it either way.  LOL

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[kutera]

"The plural form octopi is often defined as a hypercorrection. The Oxford English Dictionary (2008 Draft Revision) lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order); it labels octopodes "rare", although the correct Greek plural form, and notes that octopi derives from the "apprehension" that octōpūs is a second declension Latin noun, though it is not. It is a Latinization of Greek third-declension masculine oktṓpous (ὀκτώπους, 'eight-foot'), plural oktṓpodes (ὀκτώποδες). If the word were native to Latin, it would be octōpēs, plural octōpedes, after the pattern of pēs ('foot'), plural pedēs, analogous to "centipede". The actual Latin word for octopus and other similar species is polypus, from Greek polýpous (πολύπους, 'many-foot'); usually the inaccurate plural polypī is used instead of polypodēs."

[narratus]

Yes! Of course you knew it was a joke ... right?

But octopuses is definitely preferable to octopussy.

::GRIN::

[helly_nord]

Happy New Year!
Games... I play games too ))))
But I try to find time for myself - to study Spanish, e.g. ))))
And I'm really tired of games )
We have too long vacations :)

[narratus]

Happy New Year! Yes, our vacations are waaaaay too long and there is too much time for idleness. But games are fun sometimes. I gotta find that balance.