One PC mouse...

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One PC mouse...

Post by E2 » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:32 pm

Might be a foreign thing (or maybe it's just me even, though my brother agrees), but when I hear the word mice, I automatically think of white cute things with pink tails, ears, nose and fur running around in a laboratory cage, so when there's talk about PCs, it has to be mouses!

What do you think?
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Post by XenoWolf » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:46 pm

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Post by Rorschach » Fri Dec 31, 2004 4:11 pm

I've asked this question of many a nerd, and noone seems to be willing to commit one way or the other

I should have brought it here, come to think
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Post by XenoWolf » Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:13 pm

You could also use 'Peripheral analog or digital cursor control devices'.
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Post by Gilaventi » Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:37 pm

Mouses. It makes sense.
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Re: One PC mouse...

Post by Tomahawk » Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:59 pm

[quote="E2";p="439613"]but when I hear the word mice, I automatically think of white cute things with pink tails, ears, nose and fur running around in a laboratory cage[/quote]


But when you hear the word "mouse", what do you think of first... the PC mouse or a white cute thing with pink tail, ears, nose and fur running around in a laboratory cage? ;)

The word comes from the animal, so I'd say the plural is the same as the animal as well.
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Re: One PC mouse...

Post by E2 » Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:27 pm

[quote="Tomahawk";p="439660"][quote="E2";p="439613"]but when I hear the word mice, I automatically think of white cute things with pink tails, ears, nose and fur running around in a laboratory cage[/quote]


But when you hear the word "mouse", what do you think of first...[/quote]

logitech :p
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Post by XenoWolf » Sat Jan 01, 2005 5:52 pm

[quote="Gilaventi";p="439653"]Mouses. It makes sense.[/quote]

You're logic is beyond me.
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Post by Blaze » Sat Jan 01, 2005 6:30 pm

The English Gods declare it to be "Mice", by holy unanimous vote. And so, you lose.
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Post by E2 » Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:46 pm

[quote="Blaze";p="439885"]The English Gods declare it to be "Mice", by holy unanimous vote. And so, you lose.[/quote]

unanimice votes?:D
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Post by Spongiform » Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:05 pm

I think it would only be mouses if 'mouse' (the computer form of it) was a trademark type thing. You don't say Xeroxen.
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Post by Nukinblackmage » Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:28 pm

It's mice. Anyone who naysays gets a Logitech mouse to the head
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Post by Skorpion » Sat Jan 01, 2005 11:14 pm

Mices. Good compromise.
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Post by reva » Sat Jan 01, 2005 11:37 pm

Leo LaPorte says "mouses." I, therefore, say "mouses" as well.
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Post by Calus » Sat Jan 01, 2005 11:45 pm

Google Fights says "Mice."
Any third grade teacher will say "Mice."
And I say "Mice."
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