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« on: December 12, 2011, 09:30:50 AM »
Massive FAs. Their weirdness is just lovely. Tongue
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« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2011, 09:35:42 AM »
No opinion. Platypodes rock, though. Tongue
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« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2011, 09:42:00 AM »
Platypuses are delightful! Grin
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« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2011, 09:48:13 AM »
Evolutionary jokes are always FA.
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« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2011, 10:01:11 AM »
Except Man.
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« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2011, 10:14:58 AM »
Platypuses are possibly the most awesome animals on the planet.

(Octopus= Octopodes, but Platypus= Platypuses)
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« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2011, 02:33:21 PM »
Not platypussies?
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« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2011, 07:42:59 PM »
inb4 Phineas & Ferb joke
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« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2011, 04:41:09 AM »

Every time I see a misanthropist, I feel ashamed of humanity. Wink
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« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2011, 03:20:24 PM »
Quote from: I'm spinning a Platypus, get out of my way on December 12, 2011, 10:14:58 AM
Platypuses are possibly the most awesome animals on the planet.

(Octopus= Octopodes, but Platypus= Platypuses)

Nonsense. Octopus = Octopi. Platypus = Platypi. Smiley
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« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2011, 04:29:55 AM »
Quote from: realisticidealist on December 13, 2011, 03:20:24 PM
Quote from: I'm spinning a Platypus, get out of my way on December 12, 2011, 10:14:58 AM
Platypuses are possibly the most awesome animals on the planet.

(Octopus= Octopodes, but Platypus= Platypuses)

Nonsense. Octopus = Octopi. Platypus = Platypi. Smiley

no no no no no no no so wrong
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« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2011, 04:33:39 AM »
English plural is always (or nearly always) an 's' sound. Owt else is psuedolatinate flummery.
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« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2011, 06:15:15 AM »
Who's the asshole who voted HA ? Angry
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« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2011, 07:25:29 AM »
Some sort of jealous duck would my guess.
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« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2011, 07:27:42 AM »
I can only back Purple ones.
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« Reply #15 on: December 14, 2011, 09:42:44 AM »
« Edited: December 14, 2011, 10:18:37 AM by Benwah [why on Earth do I post something] Courseyay »
For the plural, take the French, easier (for once):

Ornithorynque/s

And the pronounciation is the same with or without the 's'.   

Has as fancy names as it is fancy.
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« Reply #16 on: December 14, 2011, 09:49:32 AM »
Quote from: Χahar on December 14, 2011, 04:29:55 AM
Quote from: realisticidealist on December 13, 2011, 03:20:24 PM
Quote from: I'm spinning a Platypus, get out of my way on December 12, 2011, 10:14:58 AM
Platypuses are possibly the most awesome animals on the planet.

(Octopus= Octopodes, but Platypus= Platypuses)

Nonsense. Octopus = Octopi. Platypus = Platypi. Smiley

no no no no no no no so wrong

Quote from: Comrade Sibboleth on December 14, 2011, 04:33:39 AM
English plural is always (or nearly always) an 's' sound. Owt else is psuedolatinate flummery.

*hughughug* Grin

plural octopus = octopuses.  plural platypus = platypuses.  Wug test ftw!
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« Reply #17 on: December 14, 2011, 10:03:21 AM »
My english->French google translator works for platypuses, octopuses and octopi, but not for platypi, platypodes or octopodes.
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« Reply #18 on: December 14, 2011, 03:47:31 PM »
Quote from: Χahar on December 14, 2011, 04:29:55 AM
Quote from: realisticidealist on December 13, 2011, 03:20:24 PM
Quote from: I'm spinning a Platypus, get out of my way on December 12, 2011, 10:14:58 AM
Platypuses are possibly the most awesome animals on the planet.

(Octopus= Octopodes, but Platypus= Platypuses)

Nonsense. Octopus = Octopi. Platypus = Platypi. Smiley

no no no no no no no so wrong
The plural of -pus in the sense of foot is -podes. Deny it all you want, but you're just showing your incomplete grasp of the principles of English grammar.

And the plural of atlas is atlantes. Tongue
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« Reply #19 on: December 14, 2011, 03:57:13 PM »
Quote from: Minion of Midas on December 14, 2011, 03:47:31 PM
The plural of -pus in the sense of foot is -podes. Deny it all you want, but you're just showing your incomplete grasp of the principles of English grammar.

Since when did English grammar have such elevated things as principles, mon?
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« Reply #20 on: December 14, 2011, 04:04:42 PM »
Quote from: Comrade Sibboleth on December 14, 2011, 03:57:13 PM
Quote from: Minion of Midas on December 14, 2011, 03:47:31 PM
The plural of -pus in the sense of foot is -podes. Deny it all you want, but you're just showing your incomplete grasp of the principles of English grammar.

Since when did English grammar have such elevated things as principles, mon?
It has so many that they appear as exceptions to the untrained eye.

And it's greciate flummery we're concerning ourselves with here.
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« Reply #21 on: December 14, 2011, 04:08:03 PM »
Quote from: Minion of Midas on December 14, 2011, 04:04:42 PM
It has so many that they appear as exceptions to the untrained eye.

Heh, I suppose that's true. Somewhat different ones for written and spoken though, and there's nothing even vaguely standard about the latter; though you know all that, mind.

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Ah, yes. That would make even more sense.
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« Reply #22 on: December 14, 2011, 04:12:55 PM »
Quote from: Benwah [why on Earth do I post something] Courseyay on December 14, 2011, 09:42:44 AM
For the plural, take the French, easier (for once):

Ornithorynque/s

And the pronounciation is the same with or without the 's'.   

Has as fancy names as it is fancy.
The German name is "Schnabeltier" - "beak animal". Sad (This got me to look for an etymological cousin of "Schnabel", and the WDS lists an English dialect term "neb", so etymologically it's the "nebdeer". Grin )
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« Reply #23 on: December 14, 2011, 04:16:09 PM »
Oh, and wiktionary to the rescue.

platypus (plural: platypuses, or platypus; common, pseudo-latin: platypi; rare, pedantic: platypodes)

"Pedantic" being of course just an imprecise way of saying "correct". Evil
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« Reply #24 on: December 14, 2011, 07:22:32 PM »
Quote from: Minion of Midas on December 14, 2011, 04:16:09 PM
Oh, and wiktionary to the rescue.

platypus (plural: platypuses, or platypus; common, pseudo-latin: platypi; rare, pedantic: platypodes)

"Pedantic" being of course just an imprecise way of saying "correct". Evil

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