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Re: About linguistic (in)tolerance

From:nicole <now-im-nothing@...>
Date:Monday, March 29, 1999, 1:17
John Cowan wrote:
> > Lars Henrik Mathiesen scripsit: > > > So perhaps we'll see "rie" formed for a kernel of rice. > > Ambrose Bierce tells us that the singular of "dice" is "die", but > that the word is rarely heard, due to the prohibitory proverb > "Never say 'die'". He then adds: > > A cube of cheese no larger than a die > May bait a trap to catch a nibbling mie. > > -- > John Cowan cowan@ccil.org > e'osai ko sarji la lojban.
Do many other people on this list say "die" as the singular of dice? Because I know that my family and I use it all the time when playing games. -Nicole