From Articulate Matter:
One of a great many plays on “Occupy Wall Street” with octopi / octopuses / octopodes, but the pun only works with the plural octopi. (Please don’t write to argue about the “correct” plural form of octopus.)
From Articulate Matter:
One of a great many plays on “Occupy Wall Street” with octopi / octopuses / octopodes, but the pun only works with the plural octopi. (Please don’t write to argue about the “correct” plural form of octopus.)
November 5, 2011 at 6:39 pm |
For some interesting historical perspective on the “Octopi Wall Street” joke, see “this piece from Mother Jones.
October 3, 2012 at 9:35 am |
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