On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 09:28:25 +0000, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >>I > >> usually throw a dice to decide between US and UK whenever I get > >>asked. > > > >As a native English speaking pedant, I would throw "a die" or "some > >dice" > >to decide, dice is the plural :P > > I stand corrected. Always thought the word was both singular and plural. > > Probably because most games with dice have more then 1.
More likely because most English speakers also get it wrong. Julius Caesar's "the die is cast" makes more sense once you know the difference. Otherwise it sounds like he was referring to a manufacturing process that wasn't invented until centuries later. -- Neil Bothwick MIPS: Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed
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