Checking the word "Octopus" in different languages the only one starting with a "Q" is in "Maltese": "Qarnit"

For good measure here is a Maltesian Qarnit stew recipe: http://littlerock.com.mt/food/maltese-traditional-recipe-stuffat-tal-qarnit-octopus-stew/

Respectfully,

Wes Dillingham


On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 1:32 PM Brian Topping <brian.topping@gmail.com> wrote:
I liked the first one a lot. Until I read the second one.

> On Mar 23, 2020, at 11:29 AM, Anthony D'Atri <anthony.datri@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That has potential.  Another, albeit suboptimal idea would be simply
>
> Quid
>
> as in
>
> ’S quid
>
> as in “it’s squid”.  cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27S_Wonderful
>
> Alternately just skip to R and when someone tasks about Q, we say “The first rule of Ceph is that we don’t talk about Q”.
>
> — aad
>
>>
>> How about the squid-headed alien species from Star Wars?
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_species_(P%E2%80%93T)#Quarren
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 6:11 PM Sage Weil <sweil@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> As we wrap up Octopus and kick of development for Pacific, now it seems
>>> like a good idea to sort out what to call the Q release.
>>> Traditionally/historically, these have always been names of cephalopod
>>> species--usually the "common name", but occasionally a latin name
>>> (infernalis).
>>>
>>> Q is a bit of a challenge since there aren't many of either that start
>>> with Q.  Nick Barcet found one: quebecoceras, an extinct genus of nautilus
>>> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebecoceras).
>>>
>>> The only other Q cephalopod reference I could find was Squidward Q
>>> Tentacles, a character (octopus, strangely) from Spongebob Squarepants,
>>> and Yehuda figured out that the Q stands for Quincy.
>>>
>>> So far that's it.  If you can find any other options, please catalog them
>>> on the etherpad:
>>>
>>>       https://pad.ceph.com/p/q
>>>
>>> (or even get a head start on future releases.. they're always the
>>> single-letter pads, e.g., https://pad.ceph.com/p/r).
>>>
>>> sage
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