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On 27 May 1996, Ivan Samuelson wrote:

> Actually, mouses IS the correct term when referring to the rodents connected
> to your computer. This was brought before a board of computer specialists
> who voted on whether the plural of mouse should be 'mice' or 'mouses'. 
> As you can tell, mouses won.
> 
> I heard this on a radio morning show (Bob and Tom, to be exact). They were
> asking the same question and a computer programmer called them up and 
> explained the story I just told.

Do you have a real source for this?  Who was the panel?  What organization?

I don't believe you will find any definition of Mice/Mouses in a Websters 
dictionary (or any sort of formal dictionary) since nobody has really 
dealt with the issue and people will just use what they like anyway.


