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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. ===== il dunar-li c' argeont ayn politig; celist il pozponer le mbutheor ayn backun gras. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/

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