@Gemini24601@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml • 11 months agooctopuslemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down126
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minus-square@marcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•11 months agoBecause people use it, and if you say it everybody will understand without any ambiguity.
minus-square@null@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink0•edit-211 months agoThen the meme is formatted incorrectly. Or “correctly”, if we define correct as “incorrect, but, you get it, so…”
minus-square@Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•11 months agoOctopuses is correct if you’re referring to many different species of octopus. Octopi would be correct if you’re referring to a cluster of one species of octopus.
minus-square@null@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink0•11 months ago Octopi would be correct if you’re referring to a cluster of one species of octopus. Based on what?
Why is octopi correct? Based on what?
Because people use it, and if you say it everybody will understand without any ambiguity.
Then the meme is formatted incorrectly. Or “correctly”, if we define correct as “incorrect, but, you get it, so…”
Octopuses is correct if you’re referring to many different species of octopus. Octopi would be correct if you’re referring to a cluster of one species of octopus.
Based on what?