Re: mice/mouses were Re: minimal pair of English Interdentals
From: | Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...> |
Date: | Sunday, October 27, 2002, 18:52 |
--- John Cowan <jcowan@...> wrote:
> Pinker notes that this usage has been changing:
> "computer mice" is now more acceptable.
Who is Pinker? It's been mice as long I can recall
(not that long, mind). I'd say it's pretty ubiquitious
now.
Perhaps in the Olde Dayes (before 1990 or so),
"mouses" was more common?
Padraic.
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