Take the 2-minute tour ×  The only times I have ever heard the
word "die" to refer to one dice are from my mother, and from my
primary school English teacher. Every person I ever hear always
says, "give me a dice" if they want one, and "give me the dice"
if they want two. I used to "correct" people to say "die" if
they meant one, but that just makes me look overly pedantic and
asinine.  So I have personally started using "dice" in the
singular, and "dices" in the plural, which people understand,
and a few of the priggish ones will try and correct.  And on
that vein of thought, I thought, why not use "ox" and "oxes"
instead of the stupid "oxen". Why is there such a strong pull to
hold on to archaic constructs, which don't really add flavour to
the language, and in fact, just make it more confusing?
share|improve this question I know it pisses me off when my
sister corrects whatever perceived problem in my speech. If you
want to improve someone else's, the best thing to do, in my
experience, is just to speak c