What exactly is the plural of ‘mouse’ (computer)?
I swear to G^d I’ve heard ‘mouses’ somewhere.
In any event I’ve never heard ‘mice’ (have you?).
I’ve always used “mice” in conversation at the office.
I think either one would be acceptable, but I personally would use mice.
“In computer terms, a mouse is a corded or wireless device that moves your computer’s cursor while you move the mouse. In most cases, the plural of mouse is " mice,” but more than one computer mouse can also be called “mouses.” Mouse can also be a verb in this context, like when you mouse over an icon to select a link."
You’ve never heard mice used as the plural for computer mice?
@Dewey_Finn No, I honestly never have .
Strange. I don’t think the occasion has ever arisen where I actually needed to know the plural of mouse. What percentage of people ever deal with more than one at a time?
You must live a very sheltered existence
[Allan Sherman]
A pair of “mouse” is “mice”
A pair of “moose” is “meese”
[/Allan Sherman]
– One Hippopotami
Although, according to noted expert Mr. Jinks, the plural of “mouse” is “Meeses”, as in “I hate meeses to pieces”
I live and work in Silicon Valley tech and I’ve never heard of it either.
PCGamer, PC World, Tom’s Hardware and Tech Radar all use “mice” in my top level Google hits so I’m going to guess that “mice” is the preferred plural.
Really? As in “We need to order more mice for the new sales laptops.” I work in east coast tech and it’s pretty common.
On the subject of computer mouses/mice…there’s even a unit of measurement connected to them: mickey, of course.
Rodentia.
We use “mice” to talk about the mice in a computer lab. Back before optical mice were developed, we had to have a sign “Please do not neuter the mice” to help reduce vandalism.
A reference to removing the balls.
I’ve also seen “mousen”, but I think that was mostly in jest. Mostly.
Yeah really. I’m in SW engineering, not in sales/support or IT. That may be why.
I’m in engineering too, but we order mice when needed.
I’ve always gone with “meeces” myself.
And the one speck of food that he left in the house
Was a crumb that was even too small for a mouse.
Then he did the same thing to the other Whos’ houses
Leaving crumbs much too small for the other Whos’ mouses!