On 7/6/2011 2:00 PM, nemesis wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 escreveu:
>>
>> I'm wondering if this is because non-native speakers learn what words
>> are supposed to mean according to the dictionary, not according to how
>> "most people" actually use the words. Just a theory of course...
>
> Methinks thou may hath a point in there.

Sort of like Nepommuck's comment on Eliza's pronunciation in Pygmalion I 
guess.  Nevertheless, I'm pretty sure that in almost all the 
conversations I've had "die" has been correctly used as the singular 
form of "dice", and I'm not sure I've ever heard "dice" used as a 
singular noun (I'm a native English speaker).  Maybe it's a 
British/American thing?

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