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Originally posted by SteelBlue View PostI've won a total of 4 times now and my combined winnings do not exceed $5. Is anyone still playing? Numbers are way down. I'm curious to see if they survive another year."I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
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Originally posted by Green Monstah View PostThe pop culture questions always get me."I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
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I recently had a very lengthy discussion at work where I explained in detail the correct plural form of the word "octopus." It's a bit of a trick question because it depends on what rule you want to follow to get the answer, begging the question somewhat, but at least some answers are unequivocally wrong.
If you start with the premise that you should use Greek declensions for Greek words, then the plural of octopus (οκτοπος) is octopodes (οκτοποδες). If you don't care about following the original language, you are a terrible human being, but once you accept the word "octopus" as an English word you could just use English rules for pluralization: "octopuses." Where people often go wrong is assuming octopus is a Latin word, and that a Latin masculine plural ends in -i, so the plural should be octopi. That is doubly wrong. "Octopus" is Greek, not Latin, and even if you were to use the Latin version of a Greek word, you would use the fourth declension, not the second, and so the plural of "octopus" as a Latin word is, in fact, "octopus." (Same thing goes for "syllabus," by the way. You can have two syllabuses, or you can have two syllabus, but you cannot have two syllabi. There is no such word.)
Useless knowledge, you say? Not tonight. Thanks to this little tidbit of knowledge, the subject of tonight's Q12, I am now seven dollars and twenty-two cents richer. My education in classics is finally starting to pay off.τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα πλείονες ἢ δυόμενον προσκυνοῦσιν
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Originally posted by All-American View PostI recently had a very lengthy discussion at work where I explained in detail the correct plural form of the word "octopus." It's a bit of a trick question because it depends on what rule you want to follow to get the answer, begging the question somewhat, but at least some answers are unequivocally wrong.
If you start with the premise that you should use Greek declensions for Greek words, then the plural of octopus (οκτοπος) is octopodes (οκτοποδες). If you don't care about following the original language, you are a terrible human being, but once you accept the word "octopus" as an English word you could just use English rules for pluralization: "octopuses." Where people often go wrong is assuming octopus is a Latin word, and that a Latin masculine plural ends in -i, so the plural should be octopi. That is doubly wrong. "Octopus" is Greek, not Latin, and even if you were to use the Latin version of a Greek word, you would use the fourth declension, not the second, and so the plural of "octopus" as a Latin word is, in fact, "octopus." (Same thing goes for "syllabus," by the way. You can have two syllabuses, or you can have two syllabus, but you cannot have two syllabi. There is no such word.)
Useless knowledge, you say? Not tonight. Thanks to this little tidbit of knowledge, the subject of tonight's Q12, I am now seven dollars and twenty-two cents richer. My education in classics is finally starting to pay off.
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Originally posted by All-American View PostI recently had a very lengthy discussion at work where I explained in detail the correct plural form of the word "octopus." It's a bit of a trick question because it depends on what rule you want to follow to get the answer, begging the question somewhat, but at least some answers are unequivocally wrong.
If you start with the premise that you should use Greek declensions for Greek words, then the plural of octopus (οκτοπος) is octopodes (οκτοποδες). If you don't care about following the original language, you are a terrible human being, but once you accept the word "octopus" as an English word you could just use English rules for pluralization: "octopuses." Where people often go wrong is assuming octopus is a Latin word, and that a Latin masculine plural ends in -i, so the plural should be octopi. That is doubly wrong. "Octopus" is Greek, not Latin, and even if you were to use the Latin version of a Greek word, you would use the fourth declension, not the second, and so the plural of "octopus" as a Latin word is, in fact, "octopus." (Same thing goes for "syllabus," by the way. You can have two syllabuses, or you can have two syllabus, but you cannot have two syllabi. There is no such word.)
Useless knowledge, you say? Not tonight. Thanks to this little tidbit of knowledge, the subject of tonight's Q12, I am now seven dollars and twenty-two cents richer. My education in classics is finally starting to pay off.
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Originally posted by SteelBlue View Post$11"I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
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Originally posted by All-American View PostI recently had a very lengthy discussion at work where I explained in detail the correct plural form of the word "octopus." It's a bit of a trick question because it depends on what rule you want to follow to get the answer, begging the question somewhat, but at least some answers are unequivocally wrong.
If you start with the premise that you should use Greek declensions for Greek words, then the plural of octopus (οκτοπος) is octopodes (οκτοποδες). If you don't care about following the original language, you are a terrible human being, but once you accept the word "octopus" as an English word you could just use English rules for pluralization: "octopuses." Where people often go wrong is assuming octopus is a Latin word, and that a Latin masculine plural ends in -i, so the plural should be octopi. That is doubly wrong. "Octopus" is Greek, not Latin, and even if you were to use the Latin version of a Greek word, you would use the fourth declension, not the second, and so the plural of "octopus" as a Latin word is, in fact, "octopus." (Same thing goes for "syllabus," by the way. You can have two syllabuses, or you can have two syllabus, but you cannot have two syllabi. There is no such word.)
Useless knowledge, you say? Not tonight. Thanks to this little tidbit of knowledge, the subject of tonight's Q12, I am now seven dollars and twenty-two cents richer. My education in classics is finally starting to pay off."Yeah, but never trust a Ph.D who has an MBA as well. The PhD symbolizes intelligence and discipline. The MBA symbolizes lust for power." -- Katy Lied
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