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#21

Post by Deepfake » Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:52 pm

Ace Mercury wrote:Also, octopi is INCORRECT. Latin "us" endings pluralize as "i", not Greek; the really honest and for true word is OCTOPODES >:[

[size=-100]Wikipedia's dry humour states: "Fowler's Modern English Usage states that "the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses," and that octopi is misconceived and octopodes pedantic." and something about Hypercorrection[/size]
I've always remembering something about "octopods", and could never recall what context it was appropriate in. Must've been a mispronunciation of octopodes.

Irregardless, Octopuses is an acceptable word. If you're retarded.
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#22

Post by Deku Tree » Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:16 pm

I say pin number if it isn't clear from the context what I mean without it.

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Post by CaptHayfever » Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:33 pm

If it's not clear from the context, then you shouldn't be abbreviating in the first place.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

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Post by DarkZero » Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:10 pm

Just say PI number.

If it works, then you avoid being redundant, and you win. If it doesn't, then people will think you're a private investigator, and you also win.
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#25

Post by Rainbow Dash » Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:36 pm

re: plural of octopus

octopussies

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Post by Deku Tree » Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:31 am

CaptHayfever wrote:If it's not clear from the context, then you shouldn't be abbreviating in the first place.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"
Psh. Like I'm gonna say "Personal Identification Number." I don't have all day, man!

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Post by Booyakasha » Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:37 am

I like RPG games. You know, the ones where you and a friend or friends square off and fire rocket-propelled grenades at each other. Way better than TNT games (although those are [strike]the bomb[/strike] [strike]dynamite[/strike] [strike]a blast[/strike] rather enjoyable as well).
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Post by Zaden » Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:12 am

I even take this concept across the interlanguage barrier with "Mount Fuji-Yama".

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Post by CaptHayfever » Thu Dec 02, 2010 5:35 am

^"We now take you back to Mount Midoriyama in Japan for another heart-pounding round of Ninja Warrior!"

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Post by Deepfake » Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:58 am

Chunky Kong12345 wrote:octopussies
DR OCTAGONAPUS
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#31

Post by Ace Mercury » Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:41 am

This thread is pickled, man.

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#32

Post by Antisocial » Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:27 pm

In a thread about redundant language? AI, you sly dog.
TOO SCHOOL FOR COOL wrote:Irregardless, Octopuses is an acceptable word. If you're retarded.
You lost me on that first word.

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Post by Sim Kid » Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:46 pm

Ace Mercury wrote:This thread is pickled, man.
Is it pickled like a gherkin?

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#34

Post by Ace Mercury » Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:06 pm

I see someone hasn't seen the "How To Swear in English" Korean lesson.

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Post by Sim Kid » Wed Dec 08, 2010 12:02 pm

Ace Mercury wrote:I see someone hasn't seen the "How To Swear in English" Korean lesson.
But it is quite amusing and fun to be ultra-reundant sometimes, occasionally.

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Post by CaptHayfever » Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:27 pm

^^I'll have to buy a copy & have the cashier scan the UPC Code.

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#37

Post by Ace Mercury » Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:39 pm

I end all of my mathematics proofs with "QED demonstrandum".

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#38

Post by VG_Addict » Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:57 pm

Department of Redundancy Department.

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