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Wed May 02 2001 at 18:05:35
To be more
specific
, or perhaps just more
pedantic
, the
pus
in
octopus
is
Greek
not
Latin
, and therefore the one should not use Latin
rules
to create the
Anglicized
plural
.
printable version
chaos
pedantic
octopus
Octopussy
plural
Anglicize
cephalopod camouflage
George Washington's 1794 State of the Union Address
Back-formation
pus
Specific
Latin
Greek
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