Why is the plural of dice die?
Oh. Consulting Mr Chambers I find it's not. If anything it's the other way around historically speaking. These days both die and dice can refer to a single numbered cube. Hmmm.
Dice sounds more plural it's true. But at 5 am logic is sadly missing from my thought process. Although I was logical enough to guess that its origin is Latin. But Mr Chambers doesn't mention that so perhaps it's not.
Of course if you're referring to dice as a game then it's singular.
Got that? Clear as mud I can hear you saying.
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An anxiety dream about the Grand National, perhaps.
(I thought die was the plural, too.)
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