Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Random fact of the day: According to Wiktionary, "dice" is supposedly 
> the plural of "die".

> Let me tell you, I have been alive for over 3 decades, and I have 
> *never* heard anybody call it that.

  You are a native English speaker and never have heard that? Even I have
known that probably for over a decade, and I'm certainly not a native
speaker.

> The *only* actual usage of "die" meaning "dice" that I can find is in 
> the subject line - the obscure phrase "the die is cast". I've never 
> heard any other reference to "die" meaning "dice".

  It's common terminology in many games involving dice.

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