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minus-squarePennomilinkfedilinkEnglish5•5 days agoContrary to what you might have been told, the singular for dice can be either “die” or “dice”.
minus-square@Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink9•5 days agoThat’s only because that’s how people use the term. It didn’t start that way. Isn’t language neat?
minus-square@Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink10•edit-25 days ago“Literally” no longer means just “literally”, but also “figuratively”. Otherwise known as the opposite of the original definition.
minus-squarePennomilinkfedilinkEnglish8•5 days agoUsing “dice” as a singular noun dates back the 1400s. I think it’s been in circulation long enough to be commonly accepted by now.
minus-square@Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•4 days agoAnd if I say “die” in regards to a single object and “dice” for plural, you and everyone else still understands what I’m talking about. Isn’t language neat?
minus-squarePennomilinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 days agoYeah? That’s what I said above - either can correctly be used. Not sure what point you’re trying to make here.
minus-square@Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•4 days agoThat language is neat. I wasn’t trying to be argumentative, sorry if it came off that way.
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But that’s only one die
Dumb ways to die…
Contrary to what you might have been told, the singular for dice can be either “die” or “dice”.
That’s only because that’s how people use the term. It didn’t start that way. Isn’t language neat?
“Literally” no longer means just “literally”, but also “figuratively”. Otherwise known as the opposite of the original definition.
Using “dice” as a singular noun dates back the 1400s. I think it’s been in circulation long enough to be commonly accepted by now.
And if I say “die” in regards to a single object and “dice” for plural, you and everyone else still understands what I’m talking about. Isn’t language neat?
Yeah? That’s what I said above - either can correctly be used. Not sure what point you’re trying to make here.
That language is neat. I wasn’t trying to be argumentative, sorry if it came off that way.