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[list=1][*]It's Mice[*]It's Mouses[*]I really think it's Micey's[/list=1]
Actually I really think it's mouses because we are talking about the computer type. Also, a mouse is a name of an invention, so if we have more than 1 then we would call it mouses. The word for the biological type would be Mice.
Mice is the plural of mouse.
Since we call a singular computer mouse a mouse, then more than one of them would be refered to as mice....
I think it's chickens.
So who's missed me?
I did.. no wait, sorry, I mistook you for someone else...
Your all wrong....its actually "Those Damn Things!" :)
Isnt it just mice?
bloody hell this is actually a topic. 1 is a mouse more then 1 are mice :ubergun:
It depends, are these optical 'mice' or good old-school 'mice'? The rubber-ball ones are mice, the optical ones are Borg. I use an old-school mouse and I'm dang proud of it! I'll add in my own LED, dangit! :D
I know... Little clicky thingy made out of cheap plastic parts... :D
Is that what those are called?...i just bought a Borg;)...it's acutally more of a 7of9 Borg...it doesn't have a wire connecting it to anything... I have just lost myself in ST terminology, sigh...Quote:
Originally posted by Terr
It depends, are these optical 'mice' or good old-school 'mice'? The rubber-ball ones are mice, the optical ones are Borg. I use an old-school mouse and I'm dang proud of it! I'll add in my own LED, dangit! :D
Ouroboros
I heard on a TechTV show that the term "Mice" is not used when referring to the computer type of mouse. It is not the same thing a biological mouse therefor being named differently.
Well whatever it may be, I'm gonna still call them mouse (singular) and mice (plural) because many of us are already accustomed to it anyways.
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I was given to understand that is acquired that name FROM the biological mouse. It was purposely named after If, therefore the plural should also be named after the plural of the original object.Quote:
Originally posted by tridentrue
I heard on a TechTV show that the term "Mice" is not used when referring to the computer type of mouse. It is not the same thing a biological mouse therefor being named differently.
If I named a hypothetical new invention of mine a newt, because it somehow is reminiscent of a newt, the plural wouldn't be "newties", it would be "newts." And not Gingrich either.
Also... TechTV? If these people are really on the ball, why are they broadcasting their show on TV anyway? :D They're just people who couldn't work at some computer magazine that is comprised almost entirely of premade computer pricing comparisons. :D
I read a long time ago, I believe it was from a Microsoft reference book or something like that, that the prefered term would be "mouse devices"...
Talk about typical microsoft workaround! ;)
Ammo
Why not just call them rodents :D
i'll just call it a computer remote...