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ddulaney
on Nov 22, 2021
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Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as ...
“Octopi is what's known as a hypercorrection” might also be overcorrection (meta-hypercorrection?) now that octopi is an understood plural with enough usage that it’s in some dictionaries.
justbaker
on Nov 22, 2021
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Like sulfur becoming an accepted spelling of sulphur from frequent misspelling? “Okay no one can get it right so just make it that too”.
aetherson
on Nov 22, 2021
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Yes. That's called language.
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