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Crackhappy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Eavolution@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I absolutely am, but they must have been named after regular mice, so idk what way it was originally envisaged.

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  • freamon@endlesstalk.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    The first computer mouse was apparently more of a block.
    I imagine it got its name from the ‘tail’ part, and the fact that it now looks mouse-like is mostly a co-incidence of it now being more ergonomically shaped.

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  • Blaze@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Could be both, to be honest. I’ve seen old mouses where the ears were on the buttons, and others where the tail is the cable

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    • octoperson@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      mouses Mice.
      But I know what you mean. Feels like computer mice should be its own word with its own plural form

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      • floppy@rabbitea.rs ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Apparently mouses is correct for computer mice but I don’t subscribe to that train of thought at all.

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      • Blaze@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, it’s been a while since I last used mice

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