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> … a dice … a dice … a dice It’s a die! I guess I shouldn't be stunned that the Grauniad makes this sort of error, but … sheesh.
by eadmund 7y ago
> … a dice … a dice … a dice
It’s a die! I guess I shouldn't be stunned that the Grauniad makes this sort of error, but … sheesh.
- robin_reala 7y agoTo be fair, the title of the novel in question gets it wrong as well.
- rebuilder 7y agoHow's that? It's plural in the title, isn't it?
- krustyburger 7y agoI haven’t read the book but it seems like the protagonist just has the one die.
- kuroguro 7y ago"Die Man" sounds like a horrible title tho.
- krustyburger 7y agoNo one who speaks German can be an evil man.
- Jedi72 7y agoHe uses multiple dice a few times, but its more that he refers to "the dice" as some kind of god of chance, like "I shall let the dice decide my fate".
- randomsearch 7y agoIt’s a dice, and data is singular, language evolves, it’s not so important, artists can use it how they see fit.
- djur 7y agoSingular "dice" is common in UK English. This article discusses it, and refers to a 2006 article, coincidentally about this book, also in The Guardian: https://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2006/09/die-and-dice.html https://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2006/09/die-...