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ATTENTION! (peen and meatus infest another thread, Phil is behind the ficus, Janine drinks)
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Sarah
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Dec 10, 2010 10:24AM
No! Those are two awful, awful words.
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How come Jonathan always brings a swallow to a "peen" thread?
Come back S-Pi. I won't say them anymore.
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Larry wrote: "Come back S-Pi. I won't say them anymore."Will Phil?
Sally wrote: "Well, if it is for charity. Be sure to have a shot every time someone says "peen" there."no one said the word, i drank anyway.
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janine wrote: "no one said the word, i drank anyway."I'm proud of you for taking the intiative, j.
i knew someone here would say the word, and i was in a drinking mood.
yes, peen or blood.:: waits for phil to wince::
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It sounds like the Yiddish version of peen.
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Just got back to TC. I'm notsure if I should wince, cower behind The Ficus, or say "the word."
"the word" won't have you cowering behind the ficus.
Aren't platypi actually dangerous? Like, they have some poisonous spike thing in their legs?
I prefer "platypuses" as the plural. Using "platypi" is a Latin construct, and the origin of my name is not from the Latin (it's Greek).
Wait, so it's syllabi, cacti, but not platypi?
Well, it makes sense, but I don't like that it makes sense. How about that?
Lobstergirl wrote: "Moist is a bad word, but not as bad as slacks. May I interest you in some moist slacks?"Musky has to be one of the worst words ever.
Shouldn't it be 'platypods'? The proper plural of octupus (another Greek word) is 'octopods'.
The plural of octopus--a knotty question apparently:A note on the plural form: Fowler's Modern English Usage states that "the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses", and that octopi is misconceived and octopodes pedantic. The Oxford English Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi, and octopodes (the order reflecting decreasing frequency of use), stating that the last form is rare.
Octopi derives from the mistaken notion that octopus is Latin. It is not. It is (Latinized) Greek, from oktopous (ὀκτώπους), gender masculine, whose plural is oktopodes (ὀκτώποδες). If the word were Latin, it would be octopes ('eight-foot') and the plural octopedes, analogous to centipedes and millipedes, as the plural form of pes ('foot') is pedes. In modern, informal Greek, it is called khtapodi (χταπόδι), gender neuter, with plural form khtapodia (χταπόδια). The form octopod (plural octopods) is taken from the collective plural Octopoda, the taxonomic order, but has no classical equivalent.
That said, Merriam-Webster and other dictionaries accept octopi as a plural form. The collective form octopus is also used, but is usually reserved for animals consumed for food.
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Octo...
Jammies wrote: "Shouldn't it be 'platypods'? The proper plural of octupus (another Greek word) is 'octopods'."phil already has another nickname ending in 'pod' so why not.
janine wrote: "Jammies wrote: "Shouldn't it be 'platypods'? The proper plural of octupus (another Greek word) is 'octopods'."phil already has another nickname ending in 'pod' so why not."
"Gastropod"?
Jammies wrote: "janine wrote: "Jammies wrote: "Shouldn't it be 'platypods'? The proper plural of octupus (another Greek word) is 'octopods'."phil already has another nickname ending in 'pod' so why not."
"Gastropod"?"
let's say phil probably comes from a really small town.
