Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
So how did they get away with using the name "Tarantulas"? Because that's an accepted plural for "tarantula."* Would simply pluralising the noun make it passable? Bumblebees and Hounds... hmmm... or maybe they could do the "Grappel" thing and make it Bumbelbee or Hownd. Okay, I'll admit that looks stupid (just as "Grappel" does).

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*Although some would argue that the proper plural should be "tarantulae," but English being the "ye wut-eva" random language that it is, "tarantulas" has become an accepted plural (much like how "octopus" can be pluralised as "octopi" or "octopuses"). Interestingly enough, this board's automatic spell check is telling me that "tarantulae" and "octopi" are wrong, but "tarantulas" and "octopuses" is correct, even though from a linguistic traditionalist POV it should be the other way around
Actually, the correct plural is "octopodes", as the origin of the word is Greek, not Latin.