Re: Singlular of "mouses" Was: Re: Negative ordinality

--- 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've heard "mouses" bandied about on this list as
a plural for computer mice, but have never heard
it in the flesh as it were.

Padraic.


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