POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : The die is cast : Re: The die is cast Server Time
29 Jul 2024 22:29:32 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The die is cast  
From: Stephen
Date: 7 Jul 2011 03:59:53
Message: <4e156779@news.povray.org>
On 07/07/2011 7:34 AM, Warp wrote:
> Slime<pov### [at] slimelandcom>  wrote:
>> If you're playing a game with one die, this is the word you use. "Roll
>> the die."
>
>    Maybe it's a British quirk. For example this Briton clearly says "roll
> the dice" even though there's only one die:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Lx_g47kKs
>


as singular as well. I would also say taps and dies.
On a related point, in the north of England some people will still say 
thou as the singular form of you and in the west of Scotland, youse for 
the plural of you.


-- 
Regards
     Stephen


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