On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:44:13 -0400, a...@spamcop.net wrote: >G'day all. > >Quoting "Benjamin L.Russell" <dekudekup...@yahoo.com>: > >> Actually, according to the Wikipedia entry for "octopus" (see >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus), I probably should have written >> the plural as either "octopuses" or "octopodes": > >Ah, but "octopodes" is only the _nominative_ plural. You really >should have written this: > > Or is that a logo of two octoposi, one with four arms, and the other > with three? Oh no, the poor octopodes! > >Or, if the second sentence addresses the octopous, this would be correct: > > Oh no, the poor octopoi! > >Hope this helps. For your homework, what is the plural of "topos"?
According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, it is "topoi" (see http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topos). Where did you find "octoposi?" I just searched online, but wasn't able to find a reference. -- Benjamin L. Russell -- Benjamin L. Russell / DekuDekuplex at Yahoo dot com http://dekudekuplex.wordpress.com/ Translator/Interpreter / Mobile: +011 81 80-3603-6725 "Furuike ya, kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto." -- Matsuo Basho^ _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell