so one is called a mouse
then if there is more than one you'd say mice, right?
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?
You should have asked for meeces
I'm just kidding. Maybe he thought you were looking for a hampsters or some other rodent.
rodents in Staples?Originally Posted by mcs328
You should have asked for meeces
I'm just kidding. Maybe he thought you were looking for a hampsters or some other rodent.
i should've said, "mouses", i guess
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.
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Mice is correct.
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.".
Last edited by Grimm; 07-14-2005 at 06:15 PM.
you can say, where can i find a mouse? lol
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You have to refer to them as a grip of mice or a pride of mice or a school of mice.
Five years...
When I buy online the category is usually Keyboards and Mice
I've always said 'mice'. It's fun, easy, and most importantly, it's the right thing to do.
When I worked at OfficeMax...I would call them meece with customers...just for fun.
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