mice/mouses were Re: minimal pair of English Interdentals

--- Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> wrote:
> Padraic Brown wrote:
> > Mouses? I've never heard anything but mice.
>
> Really?  "Computer mice" just sounds weird to me.
Yep. All the shops around here (Best Buy, Comp USA,
etc) all sell _mice_; the computer/tech shows use
_mice_ as well. I'll check the adverts tomorrow to see
what's in print.

> I haven't had many
> opportunities to hear "mouse" in the computer sense
> pluralized, but
> every time I have, it's been "mouses".
Perhaps it's a regional thing. I find "mouses" highly
weird.

Padraic.


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