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"Dice" is the plural of "die."
You are correct, though it looks like there was some intent behind the choice.
I call bullshit. That's a ridiculous argument to use in the same sentence as an archaic form of "sacrifice."
probably related to him being french
Well, I know better than to post comics in his language and butcher it.
Nothing is butchered. The comic still makes sense.
Language is nothing more than some sounds used to convey information. As long as the information is conveyed, it did its job.
And that is especially with languages that are just 3 languages in a trenchcoat.
Hi SpaceNoodle. I think you should watch a blender tutorial made by a native English speaker and pay attention to what they call the singular intersection of multiple edges. I think you'd enjoy that a lot.
Agreed. It would even be "a golden twenty die!", which lives little room for thinking it's the verb.
Could have gone with D20.
Also if you're not happy with it, this comic is libre and open source, you can fork it and redistribute it with the words you like as long as you respect the license.
"I'll buy a dice."
"'Die', Larry!"
"Pardon me. I didn't know you were that competitive. Maybe I should come back later when you calm down."
"Larry! Darling. It's one DIE, two DICE. Dice is the plural of die."
"Oh, well, I knew that. Never mind."
It's amazing how many people not only screw it up, but insist you're wrong when you try to correct them.
Language changes, die sounds stupid, and yes I will dice on this hill
"die" sucks so bad as a word. I propose we change it to "douse"
Just make it βdeeβ like how people pronounce βD20β and it can keep βdiceβ as its plural.
"I'm feeling lucky, give me the dee"
At least buy me dinner first.
Just because language is stupid and human-made, and just because you're correct, that doesn't make the comic author correct π€£