"Karsten M. Self" wrote:
> 
> on Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 06:59:35PM +0100, Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:15:30AM -0700, Tom wrote:
> > >...
> > >
> > > Octopus is greek.  The correct plural is octopuses damn it!
> >
> > ... so shouldn't it be 'octopedes' IIRC? Haralambos?
> 
> hexadecipus

Think outside the box (well, you did, but think further outside the
box):  that's only _two_ octopu...thingies.  Plural goes beyond two.

:-)


Daniel
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Daniel Barclay
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