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[Culture & Entertainment] John Oliver Finally Settles How to Pluralize "Octopus"

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Start date Jul 12, 2021

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Jul 12, 2021

From Vulture:

First off, how to pluralize. Apparently, “octopi” is taking a Latin pluralization and attaching it to a Greek word. If we were doing it Greek style, we'd say “ ...

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