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On December 27, 2016 9:36:36 PM GMT+01:00, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 19:54:57 +0000, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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>> Speaking of English. I always wonder which would be a better match |
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>for |
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>> someone who uses English mostly to deal with international friends |
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>and |
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>> computers. I am Dutch myself, which means it's officially a second |
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>> language for me. (Always wondered about that, as I speak several |
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>> languages and fluency is simply a matter of which I speak regularly). |
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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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Still wondering which the majority of non-english-natives would use. |
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Is there an Irish, Welsh or Scottish dictionary available? (Sequence chosen randomly) |
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Joost |
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Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. |
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