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

Tim May wrote:
> Garth Wallace wrote at 2003-12-17 15:53:48 (-0800)
>  > Peter Bleackley wrote:
>  > >
>  > > By analogy with "oxen". Particularly applies to VAX machines, or
>  > > VAXen.
>  >
>  > Also "unixen", meaning multiple varieties of UNIX. From the Jargon
>  > File's entry on overgeneralization in geekspeak
>  > <http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/overgeneralization.html>:
> [snip Jargon]
>  >
>
> But as that passage points out, "unixen" is rare;  the normal form is
> "unices".
I never said it was the standard, just that it was attested. ;) And
generally understood.