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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Octopodes #119877 01/13/2004 2:14 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 He did mention it. Just didn't say it was 'learned': "Octopus is another of these third declension nouns in Latin, borrowed from Greek. The Latin plural is octopodes, which is acceptable in English, but octopuses (or even octopus) seems more at home in English." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Boy, howdy! Ask a simple question Faldage 01/13/2004 1:16 PM Re: Boy, howdy! Ask a simple question Buffalo Shrdlu 01/13/2004 1:44 PM Re: Boy, howdy! Ask a simple question wwh 01/13/2004 2:05 PM Re: Boy, howdy! Ask a simple question jheem 01/13/2004 2:11 PM Re: Octopodes Faldage 01/13/2004 2:14 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,464 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,273 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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