http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/11/is-a-nine-tentacled-octopus-a-nonopus/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:34:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/11/is-a-nine-tentacled-octopus-a-nonopus/comment-page-1/#comment-549428 Robert Seddon Mon, 12 May 2008 21:44:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16229#comment-549428 My earlier attempt at answering this, with links, presumably fell prey to a URL-hating spam filter, but I think ('octopus' being from Greek) it woud be 'enneapus'. My earlier attempt at answering this, with links, presumably fell prey to a URL-hating spam filter, but I think (‘octopus’ being from Greek) it woud be ‘enneapus’.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/11/is-a-nine-tentacled-octopus-a-nonopus/comment-page-1/#comment-549188 Thomas Mon, 12 May 2008 17:32:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16229#comment-549188 I wonder if octopuses(?) make 9th tentacle jokes the way we make 3rd leg jokes. I wonder if octopuses(?) make 9th tentacle jokes the way we make 3rd leg jokes.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/11/is-a-nine-tentacled-octopus-a-nonopus/comment-page-1/#comment-548987 Aea Mon, 12 May 2008 14:57:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16229#comment-548987 Perhaps something to do with 'non' being the prefix for nine and 'octo' being the prefix for eight, although I could just be rambling here. Perhaps something to do with ‘non’ being the prefix for nine and ‘octo’ being the prefix for eight, although I could just be rambling here.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/11/is-a-nine-tentacled-octopus-a-nonopus/comment-page-1/#comment-548953 Rich Mon, 12 May 2008 14:41:37 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16229#comment-548953 Well, now-a-days we wouldn't call a human with an extra limb 'non-human'... but we sure might treat them that way, as in ages past. Well, now-a-days we wouldn’t call a human with an extra limb ‘non-human’… but we sure might treat them that way, as in ages past.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/11/is-a-nine-tentacled-octopus-a-nonopus/comment-page-1/#comment-548934 Pat J Mon, 12 May 2008 14:33:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16229#comment-548934 It's the four-leaf-clover of the cephalopod clique. It’s the four-leaf-clover of the cephalopod clique.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/11/is-a-nine-tentacled-octopus-a-nonopus/comment-page-1/#comment-548855 gl3nk Mon, 12 May 2008 13:49:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16229#comment-548855 It's just a mutant... not a new breed. Would we call a human with an extra limb a nonhuman? Of course not. It's just an octopus with a mutation. It’s just a mutant… not a new breed. Would we call a human with an extra limb a nonhuman? Of course not. It’s just an octopus with a mutation.

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