glinda_w
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« Reply #45 on: February 17, 2010, 07:00:31 pm » |
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MG, thanks - I've been seriously no-brainy, between the fibrofogginess and the migraine spikes - to the point of not even thinking to check a dictionary or Google. Usually I actually know these things. *wry* (Hate this. Hatehatehatestabbityhate.)
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« Reply #46 on: February 17, 2010, 07:51:34 pm » |
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Fortunately you can eat your mistakes. This doesn't work with neuroscience.
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« Reply #47 on: February 18, 2010, 12:55:22 pm » |
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I think octopuses is also acceptable.
I did say, "if you must make a non-standard-English plural," didn't I? Octopuses is most correct. And I know there's a dictionary out there that agrees with me, I just don't have the energy or attention span to remember or re-find which one it is.  You did indeed. I think the OED says "octopuses" or "octopodes" are preferable to "octopi", but most preferable of all is OctoPIE. Hmm, a pie with 8 sections maybe, a sort of very complicated Cornish pasty? |
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« Reply #48 on: February 18, 2010, 01:10:31 pm » |
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You did indeed. I think the OED says "octopuses" or "octopodes" are preferable to "octopi", but most preferable of all is OctoPIE. Hmm, a pie with 8 sections maybe, a sort of very complicated Cornish pasty?
I hate you. Where's my pie? |
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« Reply #49 on: February 18, 2010, 01:47:35 pm » |
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You did indeed. I think the OED says "octopuses" or "octopodes" are preferable to "octopi", but most preferable of all is OctoPIE. Hmm, a pie with 8 sections maybe, a sort of very complicated Cornish pasty?
I hate you. Where's my pie? Possibly tako pie. Or maybe tako taco pie... |
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« Reply #50 on: February 18, 2010, 03:09:07 pm » |
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Mmmmm... taco pie....
(Isn't that the plural of tacopus?)
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« Reply #51 on: February 18, 2010, 06:17:10 pm » |
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You did indeed. I think the OED says "octopuses" or "octopodes" are preferable to "octopi", but most preferable of all is OctoPIE. Hmm, a pie with 8 sections maybe, a sort of very complicated Cornish pasty?
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« Reply #52 on: February 18, 2010, 07:52:59 pm » |
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A Korean friend of mine posted this video of an octopus dish in a restaurant. Think about why it might need to be a video before you decide to go look. Definitely not for the squirmish squeamish. I don't think there's enough alcohol in the world to make me want to eat that. Even if it was served in a delicious flaky crust. |
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Jezabella49
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« Reply #53 on: February 18, 2010, 08:18:58 pm » |
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A Korean friend of mine posted this video of an octopus dish in a restaurant. Think about why it might need to be a video before you decide to go look. Definitely not for the squirmish squeamish. I don't think there's enough alcohol in the world to make me want to eat that. Even if it was served in a delicious flaky crust. I might try it if it were squid. . . . but not octopus. |
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« Reply #54 on: February 19, 2010, 09:15:51 am » |
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A Korean friend of mine posted this video of an octopus dish in a restaurant. Think about why it might need to be a video before you decide to go look. Definitely not for the squirmish squeamish. I don't think there's enough alcohol in the world to make me want to eat that. Even if it was served in a delicious flaky crust. That dish looks interesting! Not in an I-would-eat-that sort of way, but in a food-as-art sort of way. I think it's neat. But I would never eat it. I don't really enjoy food that wriggles. |
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« Reply #55 on: February 19, 2010, 09:35:48 am » |
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That dish looks interesting! Not in an I-would-eat-that sort of way, but in a food-as-art sort of way. I think it's neat. But I would never eat it. I don't really enjoy food that wriggles.
*is nosy* What "food that wriggles" have you not really enjoyed previously? |
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« Reply #56 on: February 19, 2010, 11:31:39 am » |
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You did indeed. I think the OED says "octopuses" or "octopodes" are preferable to "octopi", but most preferable of all is OctoPIE. Hmm, a pie with 8 sections maybe, a sort of very complicated Cornish pasty?
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