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nickel
07-14-2005, 12:26 PM
so one is called a mouse http://www.beststuff.com/images/articles/031005d.jpg
then if there is more than one you'd say mice, right? http://www.aubonmicro.com/Img/Photos/V_LOG9307320914.jpg http://www.aubonmicro.com/Img/Photos/V_LOG9307320914.jpg

i needed to pick up a mouse for my Mom in Staples today, and i asked a guy in there, "where are your mice?"

he waffed at me. :(
are they not called mice when you are speaking of more than one?
mcs328
07-14-2005, 12:33 PM
You should have asked for meeces :P
I'm just kidding. Maybe he thought you were looking for a hampsters or some other rodent.
nickel
07-14-2005, 12:39 PM
You should have asked for meeces :P
I'm just kidding. Maybe he thought you were looking for a hampsters or some other rodent.
rodents in Staples? :laugh:

i should've said, "mouses", i guess :P
chadlnc
07-14-2005, 01:24 PM
Actually I think heard that when you are talking about a computer mouse the plural form is mouses. As much as it hurts to say that.
Grimm
07-14-2005, 01:32 PM
Mice is correct.
Devhux
07-14-2005, 05:50 PM
You say To-MAY-to, I say To-MAH-to. It's honestly one of those things......

....but overall, I've heard that "mouses" tends to be the more accepted term to help differentiate the devices from their rodent counterparts.
Grimm
07-14-2005, 06:13 PM
You say To-MAY-to, I say To-MAH-to. It's honestly one of those things......

....but overall, I've heard that "mouses" tends to be the more accepted term to help differentiate the devices from their rodent counterparts.
I disagree. Look it up in a dictionary. The plural of Mouse is Mice. It makes no exception based on it's usage.

If you tried a mouse on your computer and it was broken, and then a second that you tried on your computer was broken, you would say "Both mice were broken." not "Both mouses were broken.".
cheapie
07-14-2005, 06:16 PM
you can say, where can i find a mouse? lol
Bires
07-14-2005, 08:14 PM
You have to refer to them as a grip of mice or a pride of mice or a school of mice.
mcs328
07-15-2005, 05:51 AM
When I buy online the category is usually Keyboards and Mice
Jeffbx
07-15-2005, 06:27 AM
I've always said 'mice'. It's fun, easy, and most importantly, it's the right thing to do.
BigJon
07-15-2005, 07:08 AM
When I worked at OfficeMax...I would call them meece with customers...just for fun.