That one Merriam-Webster video that did the rounds on this topic years ago seems to have been retracted. I don’t think “technically correct” is right, since it is never really used, but more “arguably could have been”. And, as was even stated in that video, if you say octopedes nobody will know what you’re on about.
The video has been taken down, but they’ve published this article which ultimately recommends either “octopuses” or “octopi”, and reaffirms that if you say octopodes nobody will know what it means. Except octopodes nuts.
Well, we can’t have all the octopodes nuts having their secret octopodes (related?) discussions with their own secret language like the word “octopods”, now can we?
That one Merriam-Webster video that did the rounds on this topic years ago seems to have been retracted. I don’t think “technically correct” is right, since it is never really used, but more “arguably could have been”. And, as was even stated in that video, if you say octopedes nobody will know what you’re on about.
The video has been taken down, but they’ve published this article which ultimately recommends either “octopuses” or “octopi”, and reaffirms that if you say octopodes nobody will know what it means. Except octopodes nuts.
Well, we can’t have all the octopodes nuts having their secret octopodes (related?) discussions with their own secret language like the word “octopods”, now can we?
We can’t keep letting them get away with it!