Re: Number in Trentish

Irina Rempt scripsit:

> You wouldn't say "There are some mice in the house" either, but you
> would say "There are some mice in the corner".
Stephen Pinker believes that "mice" carries a strong connotation of an
aggregation, and that's why people resist using it as the plural of
"mouse" in the sense "computer pointing device".

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