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		Y_Y on Dec 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kevin Langdon's 'Omni' IQ test Maybe I should attack the bailey instead, but anyway I'm compelled to note that the French plural for "bon mot" is "bons mots". (I'd also like to offer this comment as evidence that humans too are fond of being obnoxious while being smugly stupid.)

ForHackernews on Dec 17, 2024 [–]

And octopuses is the English plural of the loan word "octopus", but I'll edit if it warms the pedantic heart of a HackerNewser.

Y_Y on Dec 17, 2024 | [–]

Thank you, and for the record, I say "octopodes".

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