Octopodes

[Lost User]

It was all that talk of bad tans. ;)

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[Nagy Vilmos]

Henry Minute wrote:

Latin Latin

Is that like Latin for people who stutter? [I have a Latin book beside me and I think any rendom sentence would be baned from the Lounge. The title is "How to Insult, Abuse & Insinuate in Classic Latin". It is a pure joy, like puella defututa.

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[Luc Pattyn]

I doubt it very much. And there is a lot on the subject according to Google. It seems like Octopuses is common, Octopi ("Latin") too; Octopods and Octopodes are scientific. Here is one authority[^], note the required accent. Mind you, their Greek spelling is incorrect here: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/octopus. (once more the fail-to-paste-a-link-bug) :)

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[Henry Minute]

Luc Pattyn wrote:

(once more the fail-to-paste-a-link-bug)

Odd innit? I had an instance earlier today, paste one link - all OK, paste another - total failure.

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[Chris Maunder]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/video/0015-octopus.htm[^]

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[Chris Maunder]

Ah, if only. The weather here: miserable. (Best said with a bad French accent)

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[Luc Pattyn]

in my experience: 1. it works well when no text is selected (first paste link, then change the text it shows); 2. it fails seemingly randomly when text is selected (type text to become link text, select it, then make it a link by pasting a URL) 3. it seems to depend on where on the text line the selection is; first word works well most of the time, last word often fails. And then it shows rather infrequently, making it hard for a proper black-box investigation. :)

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[Nish Nishant]

Chris Maunder wrote:

The correct plural of Octopus in British English.

You've just pissed off some of our British members there who insist that what they speak is just English. :-D

Regards, Nish

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[Chris Maunder]

Reminds me of all the Canadians here who keep insisting I'm the one with the accent. If only they could here hear themselves! Crazy, I tell you. [Edit: Coffee! Stat!]

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[Gary Wheeler]

I think if Chris gets tweaked any further today, he's going to replace CP with a single Twitter feed.

Software Zen: delete this;

[Nish Nishant]

Chris Maunder wrote:

If only they could here themselves! Crazy, I tell you.

:laugh:

Regards, Nish

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[Luc Pattyn]

yup, that's the video I watched before posting. Did you miss the "they all forgot one thing" part? :)

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[kinar]

When I saw the word octopodes, I thought it should be pronounced octo-podes. After watching that video,...I now know it is pronounced oc-top-oh-dees (since it is greek). that is what I learned from that video However, I think I'll stick with Max's pluralization posted above...octopussies

[Luc Pattyn]

Gary Wheeler wrote:

a single Twitter feed

Maybe Verity Stob[^] would appreciate that. :)

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[Chris Meech]

Okay from now on, I'll type with an accent, too. That's much better, eh. :)

Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]

[Lost User]

Dear, we don't need to. ;)

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[Roger Wright]

That sudden flash of knowledge has left me reeling; perhaps I should take the rest of the day off. :)

Will Rogers never met me.

[Nish Nishant]

Trollslayer wrote:

Dear, we don't need to.

Okay that was low! :-D

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[Roger Wright]

Chris Maunder wrote:

weather here: miserable.

Ah, we've taken on a bit of a cold snap here, as well. It's only a brisk 78°F today, with partly cloudy skies and a light breeze to ensure frostbite for the unaware. Luckily I brought along my Eddie Bauer Genuine Goose Liver-filled SocksTM today. Can't be too safe in harsh climes... :)

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[Roger Wright]

Chris Maunder wrote:

If only they could here themselves!

Is that the Canadian spelling?

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