The glee of (geek) children

[drwex]

This AM my younger informed me that he has named a pet stuffed cephalopod "Octo-Pi".

He carefully explained that this means "pi to the eighth" but confessed he's having trouble calculating it. I offered to help him with that tonight; I hope he's in a mood to accept approximations.

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[vibrantabyss.livejournal.com]

So, who gets to explain to him that the proper plural is "octopedes", with "octopuses" as a secondary option?

Sadly "octopi" is like "five" (ie right out)

[drwex]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFyY2mK8pxk&feature=youtube_gdata