🚀 go-pugleaf

bol...@indy.net (Ivan Samuelson) wrote:

>In message <1473.6707...@wr.com.au> - acco...@wr.com.au (Accolyte)13 May
>1996 13:38:59 GMT writes:
>:>>>(The word is 'mice' in case you haven't worked it out yet - see you all
>:>>>at the same time tomorrow for the next word from the english language in
>:>>>this series "Learning English On The Internet".
>:>>>
>:>>>Nighty, nighty children!)
>:>>>-- 
>:>>>                                           Information is not knowledge.    
>:>>>                                             
>:>>>Justin C - By the sea.                     Knowledge is not wisdom.     
>:>
>:>> It is my understanding that , at least here in North America, the word 
>:>> 'mice' is a plural of mouse (the animal) and 'mouses' is plural of mouse 
>:>> (the computer equipment). So although Marc might also have problems with 
>:>> 'mice', I do not believe that's what he was referring to.
>:>
>:>You're thinking of Viruses vs Virii. It isn't the same thing.

>Actually, mouses IS the correct term when referring to the rodents connected
>to your computer. This was brought before a board of computer specialists
>who voted on whether the plural of mouse should be 'mice' or 'mouses'. 
>As you can tell, mouses won.

>I heard this on a radio morning show (Bob and Tom, to be exact). They were
>asking the same question and a computer programmer called them up and 
>explained the story I just told.

>Kind of pathetic, huh? Having to vote on something as mediocre as this? ;-)

What' pathetic is someone actually taking the time to complain about
someone else's use of it. 

__________________
jwil...@water.net