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Old 29-10-2006, 05:10 PM   #1
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Well having just got a new FPV mouse I put the old mouse in the draw with another discarded one told the mrs "the mice are in the draw" only to be told their not mice . its still a mouse just 2 of them..YEAH RITE so who"s rite & who"s wrong :evil_laug
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Old 29-10-2006, 05:13 PM   #2
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Mice is right.
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Old 29-10-2006, 05:19 PM   #3
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Praise Google.. theres a web page didicated to just such a question:
http://www.cyberwalker.net/columns/jul97/070797.html
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Old 29-10-2006, 05:25 PM   #4
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"I do not have two mice and I do not have two mouses ... I have one mouse and come to think of it, I have another mouse."

I can't believe I just took the time to read that.
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Old 29-10-2006, 05:26 PM   #5
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Mouse is the singular..Mice is the plural..
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Old 29-10-2006, 05:33 PM   #6
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Tell her there are mousies in the drawer. That should be cutsie enough for a chick.
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Old 29-10-2006, 05:41 PM   #7
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Forget the argument, tell her you have a rat.
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Old 29-10-2006, 05:51 PM   #8
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After all those years of poor old Sylvester chasing those meeses to pieces.

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Old 29-10-2006, 05:58 PM   #9
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Because its not a proper noun it can be shortened.

Similar question: http://fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=60745

Although most AFF members would shorten it, because its a proper noun it just has a "s" or "es" added to the end.
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Old 29-10-2006, 07:37 PM   #10
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Too many interstate trips old boy, i think your delirious.
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Old 29-10-2006, 07:50 PM   #11
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Forget the argument, tell her you have a rat.
bahahahahahahahah good call, tell her its a BIG rat to e
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Old 29-10-2006, 08:11 PM   #12
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Tell her there are mousies in the drawer. That should be cutsie enough for a chick.

Hahahaha...I like the way you think GTjake!
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Old 29-10-2006, 08:14 PM   #13
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look at it like this...... do you want to sleep on the sofa tonight?
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Old 30-10-2006, 12:20 AM   #14
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easy solution , put 1 mouse in another drawer or throw 1 away , at least then you only have a mouse in your draw , not mice .
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Old 30-10-2006, 01:43 AM   #15
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tell her the mouses are in the draw
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Old 30-10-2006, 10:24 AM   #16
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the Device it self is called a mouse.....just because it relates to the animal it doesnt carry over the same terminology in regards to numbers.....the proper term in Mouses.but normally you dont go around saying mouses....more like i have more than one mouse......
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Old 30-10-2006, 04:52 PM   #17
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just because it relates to the animal it doesnt carry over the same terminology in regards to numbers

why wouldn't it carry over the terminology ?

its the same word.

should have a poll lol
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Old 30-10-2006, 05:36 PM   #18
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Well arent a group of seriously fat chicks a POD of whales?
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Old 30-10-2006, 08:35 PM   #19
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Old 30-10-2006, 09:18 PM   #20
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Old 31-10-2006, 03:55 PM   #21
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Well arent a group of seriously fat chicks a POD of whales?


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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Old 31-10-2006, 05:39 PM   #22
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After all those years of poor old Sylvester chasing those meeses to pieces.

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Hate to correct you there Russ, but the cat who chased those 'meeces to pieces!' was Jinx the Cat, the mice being Trixie and Dixie and all owned by Hanna-Barbera. _2:
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Old 31-10-2006, 05:55 PM   #23
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lol...was going to say I cant remember Sylvester ever saying that...
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Old 01-11-2006, 01:47 PM   #24
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The technical term for a mouse is actually pointing device, even though pointing devices include trackballs and graphic tablets / styluses, so you could call it 2 electronic pointing devices.

Hmmm, this could be a nice pickup line...."Hi, would you like to see my pointing device in my drawer?..." :-)
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