Comment on Which way round is a wired computer mouse?

• freamon@endlesstalk.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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