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On Tuesday 12 December 2006 09:38, Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na> wrote |
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about '[gentoo-user] almost completely OT: mouses': |
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> I have never seen anyone (except non-native speakers by mistake) use |
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> mouses as the plural for a computer mouse. Are the people of the Oxford |
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> dictionary nuts, or is this really correct and mice wrong in this case? |
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While language evolution is not a democratic process, I've never heard |
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*anyone* use the word "mouses" for *anything* and if I had I would have |
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corrected them by telling them "mice" is the proper plural of "mouse", |
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even when talking about a pointing device. |
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I'm a native speaker of "Southern English", and fairly fluent in "American |
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English" -- heavy "British English" "accents" can throw me, but only when |
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they are particularly dense w/ "British-isms". |
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-- |
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"If there's one thing we've established over the years, |
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it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest |
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clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." |
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-- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh |
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