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[Soap]

So what's the Swedish plural?

Also, what about Latin?

wikipedia says Octopūs (-odis m.), but thats just the genitive.

edit: aha, I found octopodēs on wiktionary. It also says that the Swedish word for octopus is bläckfisk, which means "ink fish" and forms its plural just like the normal word for fish.

[Shrdlu]

Swedish plural is -ar or -er, but most often -ar.

Btw, Ooctupus is ink fish in Swedish.

edit: crap.fuck shit.

[Skomakar'n]

So what's the Swedish plural?

Bläckfiskar.

[MisterBernie]

edit: aha, I found octopodēs on wiktionary. It also says that the Swedish word for octopus is bläckfisk, which means "ink fish" and forms its plural just like the normal word for fish.

Heh, German Tintenfische are cuttlefish/squid/sometimes octowhatevs.

[TaylorS]

I feel uncomfortable saying "octopuses" because it's too similar to "octo-pussies"...

[Skomakar'n]

I feel uncomfortable saying "octopuses" because it's too similar to "octo-pussies"...

Isn't there a Bond movie called Octopussy? What is it referring to?

[Shrdlu]

You shouldn't really be here.


No, really.

[Skomakar'n]

?

[Ouagadougou]

I generally say octopus as the singular and plural; same with "hippopotamus".

[masako]

/tǎkoː/

That's how I say Octopus/Octopi/Octopuses.

[jal]

Merriam-Webster and other dictionaries accept octopi as a plural form.

Merriam-Webster actually has a nice video explaining it all.


JAL

[Mr. Z]

Hey, how would you pronounce "octopodes"?

[alice]

Hey, how would you pronounce "octopodes"?

/"Qk.to.podz/. What would you expect?

[Skomakar'n]

Hey, how would you pronounce "octopodes"?

/"Qk.to.podz/. What would you expect?

Oh? I would have expected, well, podes, the most probable and regular way of pronouncing it, judging from the spelling (I'm not sure of the IPA/SAMPA, but ["p_h@_Udz], I guess?). Just like nodes and odes and whatever.

[Mr. Z]

Hey, how would you pronounce "octopodes"?

/"Qk.to.podz/. What would you expect?

Oh? I would have expected, well, podes, the most probable and regular way of pronouncing it, judging from the spelling (I'm not sure of the IPA/SAMPA, but ["p_h@_Udz], I guess?). Just like nodes and odes and whatever.

I heard my friend pronouncing it ["Okt@p_h@Udz], or something like that, but definitely with a diphthong... Anyway, the one in the Merriam-Webster video jal posted here pronounced it [Ok"tOp@diz] (approximately). So I was wondering how people would pronounce it.

[finlay]

/ˈɒktəˌpoʊdeɪs/
but that's just my has-studied-latin influence showing through.

(but no, seriously, I reckon the pronunciation with /iz/ is better - just I would automatically stress it the same as octopus, on the first syllable)

[finlay]

Hey, how would you pronounce "octopodes"?

/"Qk.to.podz/. What would you expect?

Oh? I would have expected, well, podes, the most probable and regular way of pronouncing it, judging from the spelling (I'm not sure of the IPA/SAMPA, but ["p_h@_Udz], I guess?). Just like nodes and odes and whatever.

that is actually how bricka has marked it, just marking that phoneme as /o/. it makes a lot more sense, especially considering the scottish accent, but it can be difficult to remember that that's what one means when few other people actually use that usage...

[jal]

Hey, how would you pronounce "octopodes"?

Sigh... I posted a video to someone pronouncing it. Is it so hard to like, check what people post...

The friendly Merriam Webster editor pronounces it /Vk."tV.p@.di:s/ or the like, stressing the second and antepenultimate syllable.


JAL

[Mr. Z]

Hey, how would you pronounce "octopodes"?

Sigh... I posted a video to someone pronouncing it. Is it so hard to like, check what people post...

The friendly Merriam Webster editor pronounces it /Vk."tV.p@.di:s/ or the like, stressing the second and antepenultimate syllable.


JAL

Yes, and since the pronunciation there was different than the one I had heard before, I asked for confirmation here. And I referred to your video. So you are the one who doesn't check what people post. I wanted to see how other people pronounced it.

[jal]

Yes, and since the pronunciation there was different than the one I had heard before, I asked for confirmation here. And I referred to your video.

No, you said "Hey, how would you pronounce "octopodes"?", which is not "referring to the video". But nevermind and appplogies, I must've been a bit grumpy.


JAL

[Mr. Z]

Yes, and since the pronunciation there was different than the one I had heard before, I asked for confirmation here. And I referred to your video.

No, you said "Hey, how would you pronounce "octopodes"?", which is not "referring to the video". But nevermind and appplogies, I must've been a bit grumpy.


JAL

O RLY?

the one in the Merriam-Webster video jal posted here pronounced it [Ok"tOp@diz] (approximately). So I was wondering how people would pronounce it.

But this is just because I'm the kind of person that has to win arguments. So apologies on this side as well.

[Skomakar'n]

Let's just conclude that none of the available English pronunciations are anywhere near the original pronunciation and that English sucks.




trolrorlrorlrr

[jal]

But this is just because I'm the kind of person that has to win arguments. So apologies on this side as well. :)

:) I didn't read all replies before firing. I'm such a what-do-you-call-a-person-that-yells-to-early...


JAL

[linguofreak]

The one true plural for all worden is -en.

Thus "Octopusen".

[Skomakar'n]

Octopuss.