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    Quote Originally Posted by Sky Shadow View Post
    If it were a Latin word, octopus would be a third declension noun, and the plural is octopodes, based on the Greek ὀκτώποδες. It's not a second declension noun.
    I sit corrected.

    Quote Originally Posted by Sky Shadow View Post
    In English, octopuses is the most correct plural. Octopi only exists as a result of mistaken construction, like saying the plural of virus is viri.
    Hypercorrected or not, they are all accepted plurals in English. I was personally taught to use "octopi" and "viri" in school.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
    Hypercorrected or not, they are all accepted plurals in English. I was personally taught to use "octopi" and "viri" in school.
    Octopi is common. Viri is definitely wrong - it's not an English word.

    If Octopunch, Tentakil, Scylla and Ikard (with his Takotank) had a massive fight, who would win? And which one should first be made into a Generations figure?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sky Shadow View Post
    Octopi is common. Viri is definitely wrong - it's not an English word.

    If Octopunch, Tentakil, Scylla and Ikard (with his Takotank) had a massive fight, who would win? And which one should first be made into a Generations figure?
    Tentakil, but they have to keep his whacky bipedal squid alt mode. None of this realistic squid nonsense!

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