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From today's AWAD mailing: [octopus (OK-tuh-pus) noun, plural octopuses or octopiOctopi?! And, where is the listing of octopodes? Perhaps Anu's alter ego (Jackie) could quiz him on this one for us.
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Yes, I liked today's word as well.
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Q: How many would there be if there were two jazzoctopuses?
A: One too many.
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In reply to:
Q: How many would there be if there were two jazzoctopuses?
A: One too many.
Two?? = hexadecimalopus! Or hexadecimal opus, which means, um, work in base sixteen?
Shoot me, quick!
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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I would shoot you quickly if only I could decide which of my many hands to use to pull the trigger.
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Q: How many would there be if there were two jazzoctopuses?
A: One too many.At least you didn't say two too many.
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Is octopus the onliest word's got three plurals?
Or
Is opera the other onliest word's got its own plural when it's already a plural?
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Sheep too
And I thought it was only the New Zealanders who brought "sheep" into every conversation.
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