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Dice lands on corner - die/dice

Posted By: Rodney Lighton
Date: Thursday, 12 July 2012, at 9:21 a.m.

In Response To: Dice lands on corner - die/dice (Stick)

My Chambers dictionary ca. 1972 gives die as the singular of dice, but also dice. I would say that in England dice is replacing die in colloquial usage.

Dice as a game I would take to refer to some 18th century gambling game. As in "playing at tables and dice" (I made that quote up).

Why did this thread mutate from a question of backgammon rules into English usage.

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