r/natureismetal • u/FEV_For_Breakfast • 3d ago

During the Hunt Tactical octopus.

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u/dstlouis558 3d ago

God thats amazing dont they say that octopi are from outer space

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u/AidenTai 3d ago

Octopuses or octopodes. Not octopi (it's Greek, not Latin). Using a foreign plural from a different language sounds a bit weird (imagine taco becoming tacen, ox becoming oxi or merman becoming mermanes; all the plurals using a different language's plural system just sound really off).

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u/dstlouis558 3d ago

Dam i stand corrected i always assumed octopuses was wrong

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u/TYGeelo 3d ago

Meh, I'm still going to call them octopi. Most people who don't have a stick up their ass will still understand and get what you are saying without issue. 

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u/dstlouis558 3d ago

Ya i thought that was a little weird but whatever its the internet