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minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoAs always, it depends on who you ask: https://web.archive.org/web/20190422115828/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/octopus https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2022/02/01/plural-octopus https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/19/octopi/
minus-squareIMongoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·8 months agoRight, when there is this much controversy over a plural there will never be a consensus, especially when it doesn’t actually matter. The truth is that as long as people understand what you mean it doesn’t matter what you use.
As always, it depends on who you ask:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190422115828/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/octopus
https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2022/02/01/plural-octopus
https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/19/octopi/
Right, when there is this much controversy over a plural there will never be a consensus, especially when it doesn’t actually matter. The truth is that as long as people understand what you mean it doesn’t matter what you use.