I agree that platypuses and octopuses are the common spellings. My education (Australia and New Zealand) had made me believe that platypi and octopi were the most correct spellings until recently.

There was probably a teacher at one stage that promoted the "pus" to "pi" plural and that stuck with me.

One of the things I love about the Chi games is that I'm always learning. Words that I think are common are often rare as they are Australian or UK slang, and then words that I think are rare are in common use in half the countries on the planet. 

Alan's job of sorting the words is not easy, but done very well.

Greg

Thanks jacki,

I've only posted on the forum twice, as I'm afraid that everyone else is more erudite than I am. Thanks for your greeting

Hi Alan,

I'm in Australia and I normally use Amazon.com.au but I can log into the US or UK sites and I can see the new books there.

Cheers Greg