Mice and Men (in Off-topic)

I recently asked a question on chat and could not get an answer.
The question is what is the plural form for mouse(computer)
Wikianswers does not give a definitive answer and gives valid arguements for these three

Mice
Mouses
Mouse

Does anyone know for sure?
If this belongs in Debates i am sorry.

Mouses.

Hmm. I vote "mouses" as well.

Mice imo.

Meese.

"we need more computer mice..."

Just doesn't sound right.

Mouses, duh.

From Wikipedia:

"Etymology and plural

The first known publication of the term "mouse" as a pointing device is in Bill English's 1965 publication "Computer-Aided Display Control".[3]

The Compact Oxford English Dictionary (third edition) and the fourth edition of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language endorse both computer mice and computer mouses as correct plural forms for computer mouse. Some authors of technical documents may prefer either mouse devices or the more generic pointing devices. The plural mouses treats mouse as a "headless noun."

Two manuals of style in the computer industry ﾖ Sun Technical Publication's Read Me First: A Style Guide for the Computer Industry and Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications from Microsoft Press ﾖ recommend that technical writers use the term mouse devices instead of the alternatives."

I don't see why everyone sees "mouses" as the obvious choice. Just because it sounds right doesn't mean its the correct term...

In enough time, might be hundreds of years, the form that sounds right will be correct. All languages develops continuously.

This is why this is a debate, Rawr. Because there is no "correct term" for the plural of computer mouse. Unless Bast can come here and prove us all wrong. =(

Wrong: "I have two mouses."

Even More Wrong: "I have two mouse."

Correct: "I have two mice."

one mouse, two moose :p


It's mice as well afaik...

Mice, duh

But we're not talking about the animal mice...

why does it matter?

it doesn't matter if its not the animal...
if you name a non-tree object "tree", the plural of that object is trees, not anything different.

if you name a non-mouse object "mouse", the plural of that object is mice, not anything different.

rodents

Re-read JW's post again.

"mouse devices"

I'm down.