On December 27, 2016 9:36:36 PM GMT+01:00, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: >On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 19:54:57 +0000, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> Speaking of English. I always wonder which would be a better match >for >> someone who uses English mostly to deal with international friends >and >> computers. I am Dutch myself, which means it's officially a second >> language for me. (Always wondered about that, as I speak several >> languages and fluency is simply a matter of which I speak regularly). >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. Still wondering which the majority of non-english-natives would use. Is there an Irish, Welsh or Scottish dictionary available? (Sequence chosen randomly) -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
