POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : The die is cast : Re: The die is cast Server Time
29 Jul 2024 22:22:43 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The die is cast  
From: Stephen
Date: 7 Jul 2011 04:03:08
Message: <4e15683c$1@news.povray.org>
On 07/07/2011 8:39 AM, Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Warp<war### [at] tagpovrayorg>  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
>
> Could be. I think I'd say that too, albeit in the slightly guilty knowledge that
> I'm saying it wrong. But then if nobody else said it first, I'd probably plump
> for 'die'.
>
> I'm going to correct everyone I know now :)
>
>

Would you say that the circumference of a circle is two pice are? ;-)

-- 
Regards
     Stephen


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