Word Savvy

Does That Look Dicey To You?


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An interesting debate continues today on whether a single dotted-cube is called a die or a dice. I default to dice regardless of the number of cubes I'm referring to.  Where do you come down on the issue?

I prefer to use dice for singular and plural as well. Die seems antiquated. It’s been a very long time since Julius Caesar supposedly said “The die is cast” in Latin or “Let the die be cast” in Greek.
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Word SavvyBy Megan Cantrill and LaRue Roth