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Octopuses(??) Seen Walking From Predators [BAD GRAMMAR ALERT]
AP/Newsday ^
| 3/25/05
| RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
Posted on 03/25/2005 8:32:30 AM PST by kiriath_jearim
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To: dighton
From lousii snitch calamariiiii.Whoda thought that a thread about octopus would turn out to be the most hilarious one on FR since the John Kerry photo threads last year.
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posted on
03/25/2005 10:07:17 AM PST
by
Wolfstar
(If you can lead, do it. If you can't, follow. If you can't do either, become a Democrat.)
To: Hayzo
You said the magic word.
To: kiriath_jearim
The other one that gets me is when people try to sound more intelligent by pronouncing the "-es" at the end of a pluralized word as "-eez", no matter what the word is.
In fact, the only time it's supposed to be pronounced that way is when the singular ends in "-ex", such as "index" becoming "indices".
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posted on
03/25/2005 10:15:36 AM PST
by
SlowBoat407
(ANWR would look great in pumps.)
To: capydick
To: kiriath_jearim
Octupus is good eats.
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posted on
03/25/2005 10:24:40 AM PST
by
diamond6
(Everyone who is for abortion has already been born. Ronald Reagan)
To: Kevin OMalley
"Holy Hand Grenade! "
Arthur: "1....2......5!!!"
KnightL: "3, sir"
Arthur: "3!"
KABOOM!
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posted on
03/25/2005 10:54:49 AM PST
by
Blzbba
(Don't hate the player - hate the game!)
To: Blurblogger
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posted on
03/25/2005 10:55:59 AM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Blurblogger
Therefore, Hillary Clinton is two clams.She is? I thought she likes (bearded) clams.
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posted on
03/25/2005 10:58:03 AM PST
by
capydick
(Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.)
To: Blzbba
Time to change your armour, sir Blzbba!
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posted on
03/25/2005 11:03:51 AM PST
by
Kevin OMalley
(No, not Freeper#95235, Freeper #1165: Charter member, What Was My Login Club.)
To: gitmo
startled by the algae with legs, and began singing, "What's it all about, Algae?". You can tell their sex at a glance, too. The female octo pi wear an algae bra.
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posted on
03/25/2005 12:55:19 PM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(The world needs more horses, and fewer Jackasses!)
To: Joe 6-pack
What do you call 8 octopi? Insalata con sepia (Octopus salad.)
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posted on
03/25/2005 1:09:48 PM PST
by
Bon mots
To: Jokelahoma
Once it has left the scene, it's an octogon. You had me going up until this point. Then I noticed your screenname.
Now I'm suspicious.
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posted on
03/25/2005 1:13:32 PM PST
by
VadeRetro
(Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
To: BerthaDee
How do they know what the octopusesiusii are pretending to be? Exactly.
I think they were pretending to be surgical gloves.
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posted on
03/25/2005 4:54:19 PM PST
by
Bon mots
To: SAJ
You are flat out wrong. No less a source than the authoritative
Oxford English Dictionary gives this:
octopus
noun (pl. octopuses) a mollusc with eight sucker-bearing arms, a soft body, beak-like jaws, and no internal shell.
DERIVATIVES octopoid adjective.
USAGE The standard plural in English of octopus is octopuses. However, since the word comes from Greek, the Greek plural form octopodes is still occasionally used. The plural form octopi, formed according to rules for Latin plurals, is incorrect.
ORIGIN Greek, from okto eight + pous foot.
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posted on
03/25/2005 5:05:22 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FreedomCalls
That's British English, which is rapidly becoming a backwater dialect of American.
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posted on
03/25/2005 5:16:37 PM PST
by
VadeRetro
(Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
To: VadeRetro
That's British English, which is rapidly becoming a backwater dialect of American. It doesn't change the etymology of the word, since that is what I was replying to -- the statement that it is derived from Latin not Greek -- and the OED has more resources devoted to the etymology of words than any other organization, British or American.
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posted on
03/25/2005 5:21:57 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: kiriath_jearim
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posted on
03/27/2005 3:32:50 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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