stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoPhoenix's record heat is killing off cactuseswww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squareAttackBunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·11 months agoPlural of cactus is cacti. Plural of octopus is octopuses. Octopi is apparently acceptable now too, but I’m not convinced.
minus-squareSuru@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoOctopus has a Greek root, so the correct plural would be octopodes. Octopuses and octopi are both acceptable, though. But I do love to bring up etymology whenever this comes up.
Plural of cactus is cacti. Plural of octopus is octopuses. Octopi is apparently acceptable now too, but I’m not convinced.
Octopus has a Greek root, so the correct plural would be octopodes. Octopuses and octopi are both acceptable, though. But I do love to bring up etymology whenever this comes up.