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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Professor should know that it's etymologically Greek, not Latin, so octopi is generally considered to be wrong.

Octopuses, or octopodes if you're feeling badass, would be preferable afaik.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

https://www.dictionary.com/e/octopuses-or-octopi/

Octopuses, octopodes, and octopi are fine.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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/

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

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.