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ekolis

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About those octopodes...
« on: February 04, 2014, 06:45:29 PM »
Thought I'd share this with you guys; Crawl fans might find it enlightening ;)

http://www.wimp.com/octopusplural/

Long story short, "octopode" is not a word. "Octopodes" is, but it's not pronounced how you think it is!
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Re: About those octopodes...
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2014, 09:24:31 AM »
Okay... Great to know LOL We should have something like this here. Word of the day!

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Re: About those octopodes...
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2014, 11:02:02 PM »
I learned what "quaff" meant by playing Nethack. And they say video games aren't educational! :D
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