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Random Facts #2: Octopodes 1

There are 3 plurals for the word octopus, as stated in the Oxford English Dictionary, which even the 8 legged mollusc might get confused with. The first is the natural English pluralisation, octopuses. Simple. The second, octopi, originates from the mistaken presumption that it’s a Latin word, and every public schoolboy who did elementary Latin [...]