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On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 09:28:25 +0000, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> >>I |
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> >> usually throw a dice to decide between US and UK whenever I get |
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> >>asked. |
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> >As a native English speaking pedant, I would throw "a die" or "some |
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> >dice" |
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> >to decide, dice is the plural :P |
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> I stand corrected. Always thought the word was both singular and plural. |
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> Probably because most games with dice have more then 1. |
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More likely because most English speakers also get it wrong. |
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Julius Caesar's "the die is cast" makes more sense once you know the |
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difference. Otherwise it sounds like he was referring to a manufacturing |
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process that wasn't invented until centuries later. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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MIPS: Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed |
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