Some people may object, but I like to eat octopus. It is a Japanese delicacy. I like it on top of sushi. I also like it in a Japanese comfort food, called takoyaki (tako means octopus in Japanese). In takoyaki, bits of cooked octopus are embedded in a ball of sticky, flour-based dough, which is deep-fried. It's served in restaurants all over Japan and even some Japanese restaurants in the U.S. However, in my opinion, the very best place to eat takoyaki, is in the famed Dotonbori district in Osaka, Japan. The octopus meat is very tender.
Bob, my wife and I love sushi, but she draws the line at octopus. She doesn't like the way it looks! It's usuall a bit chewy, too. Maybe we need a trip to Osaka!
I was surprised to see an octopus tossed onto the ice at the recent Detroit Red Wings v. Utah Hockey Club game. Apparently this is a tradition that some fishmongers started in Detroit back in the 1950s. Not being a life long hockey fan, this was new (and bizarre) to me.
Grammarist.com mentions something similar in regard to hippopotamus. "The word hippopotamus, denoting the large, gray mammal, comes from Latin (and thence from Greek), and its Latin plural is hippopotami. But hippopotamus is an English word when English speakers use it, and there is nothing wrong with pluralizing it in the manner of our own language: hippopotamuses."
Ah, for the good old days when there was only ONE right answer to questions like these. ;-)
Snort, snort, and double snort! Jim, I'd like to live inside your head for just a day or so . . . um . . . I think.
Might be scary. :)
Have an 8-legged (or armed) day.
Lots of fun in there, but I can't promise you a way out!
Ba-ba-boom! :)
"Magellan circumcised the globe with a 100-foot clipper." Sounds like something Mel Brooks would come up with. 😊😂
Yes!
Some people may object, but I like to eat octopus. It is a Japanese delicacy. I like it on top of sushi. I also like it in a Japanese comfort food, called takoyaki (tako means octopus in Japanese). In takoyaki, bits of cooked octopus are embedded in a ball of sticky, flour-based dough, which is deep-fried. It's served in restaurants all over Japan and even some Japanese restaurants in the U.S. However, in my opinion, the very best place to eat takoyaki, is in the famed Dotonbori district in Osaka, Japan. The octopus meat is very tender.
Bob, my wife and I love sushi, but she draws the line at octopus. She doesn't like the way it looks! It's usuall a bit chewy, too. Maybe we need a trip to Osaka!
I'll take your word for it. Since I will never be in Osaka (or any oriental food restaurant) i think I'm marked safe from any such "delecasies".
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I was surprised to see an octopus tossed onto the ice at the recent Detroit Red Wings v. Utah Hockey Club game. Apparently this is a tradition that some fishmongers started in Detroit back in the 1950s. Not being a life long hockey fan, this was new (and bizarre) to me.
Yeah, I've heard of this. Odd indeed. I guess it's just another way for an octopus to be caught in a net!
And other countries wonder why our language is so hard! Thanks for the laughs...
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I, too, was raised with "octopi" for the plural and never felt right with "octopuses". I have good news, though! Recently I read this article from Merriam-Webster (which I consider a relatively authoritative source) stating that it's currently acceptable to choose either one. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/the-many-plurals-of-octopus-octopi-octopuses-octopodes
So from now on, I'm sticking with octopi!
Grammarist.com mentions something similar in regard to hippopotamus. "The word hippopotamus, denoting the large, gray mammal, comes from Latin (and thence from Greek), and its Latin plural is hippopotami. But hippopotamus is an English word when English speakers use it, and there is nothing wrong with pluralizing it in the manner of our own language: hippopotamuses."
Ah, for the good old days when there was only ONE right answer to questions like these. ;-)
Ah, thanks for the great detective work! The "i's" have it!