Do you call it a die or a dice?

[Tawdrylocalbrouhaha]

I have always called this a dice

But I was corrected today (very firmly, by a 4 year old, backed up equally firmly by his mother) and now learn that dice is indeed the plural of die. But nobody I know calls it a die! Not even my mother, who is reliably correct in evey matter!

What do you call it?

Oh I just realised that I always thought the saying was "the dye is cast", as in something has already been dyed a certain colour so there's no point wanting
It to be a different colour! Haha, silly me!

Dice is correct usage for the singular. As a PP said, language evolves, and it is very important we tell —the parents of smug— four year olds this.

I've known for years that the singular is die but still say dice as it's such a common misuse that it sounds right. It's the same with PIN number.

But I am a stickler for using "less" and "fewer" correctly.

I use die but looked it up not long ago. Apparently die is still the correct formal singular but dice is a commonly accepted usage.

I also have a D4, D8, D10, D12, D20 and a D100

DH is a war gamer @occasionally but had never heard of a D100. He's now looked it up and is very impressed!

I would call it a dice in general day-to-day, but die if I wanted to sound more correct.

Die.

I know that die is correct but I still call it a dice. I don't know anyone who calls it a die.

Dice as die sounds daft. Especially as it is spelt dice.

It's a die, so I call it a die.

I call it a die around gamers. Around people who will go 'yer wot?' I say dice. With my kids I use both interchangeably.

Imagine playing Monopoly with a D100!

Do you say math, or maths?
I say dice, ruler and maths.

If my 3 year old granddaughter corrected me, i would laugh and say 'you are quite right dgd', whilst thinking' jog on clever clogs' 😁

Another point of view :

twitter.com/jamesacaster/status/513360905305079808

Dice as die sounds daft. Especially as it is spelt dice
I guess it's what you get used to.
I was bought up saying ' die'.
We play a lot of dice games at work and say things like 'can you ass the die' so it doesn't seem strange to me.

Do you say math, or maths?
Math. Following on from my other post, it's just what you are used to saying.
Things change and evolve over time. Habits die hard though!

Die. I'm not a twat (I've got one though). I wouldn't correct anyone because pick your battles.

Opps we don't say things like 'can you ass the die' at work. That would be wrong!!

Singular - die.
Plural - dice.