Rain?

[Tunaman68]

the only real question is beer - or is it beers.???

 

[cvchief]

I submit that the jury is still out.

From Plural form of words ending in -us - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"...In between these two extremes are words that, despite not supporting a Latin plural on etymological grounds, are nonetheless widely pluralized with -i and as such are not immediately heard as incorrect by a substantial number of native speakers (e.g. octopi as a plural for octopus). The question of whether or not these alternative plural forms can be considered incorrect or not touches on the on-going prescriptivism versus descriptivism debate in linguistics and language education."

To my ears, "octopi" sounds silly and pretentious, but whatever floats yer boat. "Octopuses" doesn't sound quite right to me, either, so I'll stick with "octopus" for the single or plural form, as in "flock of sheep" instead of "flock of sheeps". I will, however, refrain from claiming that "octopi" is unambiguously incorrect. After all, "irregardless" is now widely accepted as a word and "decimated" is now regarded as synonymous with "devastated" in many corners of the lexicon, although neither makes any sense to me.

DSFDF and YMMV.

Well, the jury is out on octopuses, octopi, and octopodes, but I submit, from your wikopedia, octopus as a plural form had its case dismissed and never made it to the jury:

There are three plural forms of octopus: octopuses [ˈɒktəpəsɪz], octopi [ˈɒktəpaɪ], and octopodes [ˌɒkˈtəʊpədiːz]. Currently, octopuses is the most common form in the UK as well as the US; octopodes is rare, and octopi is often objectionable.^[8]

As I have often been called objectionable and I believe everything is better with Latin, I shall remain with Octopi. It seems to be the most argumentative form of being right. If I see the Cousteau kid on the street, I will ask him.....

 

[ggunn]

Well, the jury is out on octopuses, octopi, and octopodes, but I submit, from your wikopedia, octopus as a plural form had its case dismissed and never made it to the jury.

Well, the only reason for the increasingly common colloquial uses of "irregardless" and "decimated" is that people just went ahead using them the way they wanted no matter what the linguists thought, so I shall exercise the same prerogative and continue to say "octopus" whether I mean a maverick or a whole thundering herd of the critters. I doubt anyone will fail to understand me. If someone says "octopi" to me I will likewise comprehend their meaning even though hearing it kinda sets my teeth on edge.

 

[pjhansman]

So octopussy isn't correct..... ?

 

[ccannon707]

Beers - always :cool2:

the only real question is beer - or is it beers.???

 

[Mossman]

"decimated" is now regarded as synonymous with "devastated" in many corners of the lexicon, although neither makes any sense to me.

"Now" regarded? You must be older than I thought.

According to dictionary.com, "The extended sense “destroy a great number or proportion of” developed in the 19th century: Cholera decimated the urban population."

 

[Skittl1321]

And it is raining again. Sure is wet in Cozumel.
Did my first big girl dive- Santa Rosa wall. I was really nervous about the whole drop off thing but stayed at 70 ft and it was absolutely beautiful. Second dive was Paradise reef- really nice but came up in pouring rain. I liked seeing the snorkelers above us.

Got moved from my giant stride spot to a back roll spot. First went well but caught my calf hard on second and have a 3+ inch bruise on my calf. Maximus must hate me- first the hip bruise and now this.

Because of the forecasted Norte our diving is probably done now.

 

[Christi]

Tomorrow is looking promising actually - maybe a slightly delayed departure, but wind direction has shifted and decreased winds predicted. It's not hopeless at all for tomorrow - but we won't know until tomorrow!!

 

[cvchief]

Tomorrow is looking promising actually - maybe a slightly delayed departure, but wind direction has shifted and decreased winds predicted. It's not hopeless at all for tomorrow - but we won't know until tomorrow!!

Well, crap. I stood in line at Aldora for an hour to sign up to be an east side diver. Come on Norte!!!!

 

[ggunn]

"Now" regarded? You must be older than I thought.

According to dictionary.com, "The extended sense “destroy a great number or proportion of” developed in the 19th century: Cholera decimated the urban population."

Irregardless (ahem), the word comes from the Roman (I believe it was Roman) practice of killing 1/10 of the men in a village for punishment of some sort. The "deci" means 1/10. If cholera decimated a population, it killed 1/10 of the people by the "true" meaning of the word.