I think the plural is mouses but not all agree
2007-12-03 05:20:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
its mouses..........its not like your ever going to say, " oh yeah, if you want i have a whole grip of mice, in case you want one".......mice are living things bro.
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2007-12-03 05:29:46 · answer #1 · answered by =_èP1ç_= 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The OED likely *USED TO* insist upon "mice", but the goal of a word is *communication*, so we must think, "What will be most likely to ring a bell with the listener?" The answer, methinks, is "mouses." And, as has been done with other words, the OED evolves with "mice" to allow for "mouses".
2007-12-03 05:34:56 · answer #2 · answered by fjpoblam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats one of those words that people just try not to pluralize as it is confusing and nothing sounds right anyway. ( sort of like the word beer)
I would have to say mouses would be the closer match.
2007-12-03 05:31:35 · answer #3 · answered by huntertb1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a hotly contested question in the IT (computer support) world. Enough so that a few years back we reached a compromise amoung the techs I work with. We borrow a word from the old Hanna-Barbera cartoons, and refer to more than one mouse as "meeses". (LOL)
2007-12-03 05:59:03 · answer #4 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋