Re: Singlular of "mouses" Was: Re: Negative ordinality
| From: | Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 16, 2003, 20:53 |
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Hallo!
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 12:43:37 -0800,
Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:
> --- Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> wrote:
>
> > I've heard 'thirty-twoth' only
> > from computing nerds who
> > also say 'leafs' and 'mouses' :)
>
> Ah, but "mouse" and "mouse" are two different words.
> "Mice" is the proper plural of "mouse", the animal,
> but the plural of "mouse", the computer hardware, is
> "mouses." :)
I have heard the plural "meeces" for the latter at least once.
But don't ask me why.
And the plural of "box" (computer hardware) is "boxen".
Greetings,
Jörg.
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