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Re: [ProgSoc] Mice or Mouses?
bwhahahhahah mousery, my preferred term is mice. However, my googling adventure tells me that apparently a collection of computer mice is called 'a click of mice'. See http://www.ojohaven.com/collectives/
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Cheers,
Peter.
Bachelor of Information Techology (BIT), 1st Year
University of Technology, Sydney
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----- Original Message -----
From: jedd <jedd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, March 31, 2006 4:51 pm
Subject: Re: [ProgSoc] Mice or Mouses?
To: The Programmers' Society <progsoc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> On Thursday 30 March 2006 11:07 pm, Chocky wrote:
> ] Just wondering out there what is the most popular term for a
> collection of
> ] computer mouses/mice?
>
> Most popular, or most accurate?
>
> I think mice is the common usage, though this is an inappropriate
> term in context, I believe.
>
> Multiple viruses are oft' referred to as virii, again by the
> kinds of
> people who get Latin and Greek mixed up, I suspect. (And there's
> *loads* of them -- just ask any botanist.)
>
> The OED indicates that mouses is a perfectly valid plural
> form of mouse, and you really can't argue with the OED.
>
> I can, but you can't.
>
> ] Does anyone have a prefered term?
>
> I'm quite fond of mousery. I think more people should adopt it.
>
> Jedd.
>
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