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Having recently discovered how great octopi are, and now having discovered a cache of tech/ethics syllabi, I just need to find what other words with Latin pluralization lead to amazing things. There must be a reverse dictionary somewhere.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Lyosha
I'm a linguistic descriptivist. Tons of thing we now consider bedrock English grammar are overeager Latin grammar pedants putting Latin rules into English grammar books to make them thicker than the competition's books. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Octopi!https://twitter.com/sometimeslyosha/status/951551219130040321 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Marianna Papadakis
Actually, octopodes is sounding cool too. Can we take both?https://twitter.com/catscram/status/951574214426972163 …
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this is a long running discussion in dive communities, most people I know like Octopodes because it sounds cool
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Octopi or octopodes--they are my cool animal of the year.
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