Sorry Howard, you are wrong in this and whether you get irritated or not, in computer terms, 'mouses' is correct usage. Forget Wikipedia and the many other on-line references that also show 'mouses' as being correct, a quick look at the SOED (4th Ed.) shows the following: mouse, Pl. mice, in sense 4 also mouses Sense 4: Any of various objects regarded as resembling a mouse in shape or appearance; spec. (b) 'Computing' a small hand-held device moved over a flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a cursor or arrow on a VDU, usu. Having fingertip controls for selecting a function or entering a command. So, unless your group of electronic mouses eats cheese, I'd suggest using 'mice' is probably not the best way forward. Cheers, Bruce Ashley -----Original Message----- From: Howard Silcock [mailto:howard.silcock@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 9:29 PM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: Mouses?? I'm getting more and more irritated by people who tell me that the plural of 'mouse', in computer contexts, is 'mouses'. Who makes these ridiculous decisions? The attempts I've seen to justify make it seem all the more ridiculous - how on earth can anyone say that 'mouse' is a 'headless noun' (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_plural)? (At least they didn't say it was tailless!) Has anyone been given 'mouses' as an official plural in their 'house style'? If so, I urge you to rebel and stamp out this ridiculous usage (no, not stamp on the poor mouse). Let's hear it for the mice! Howard ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************