In case no one has looked it up, the Thorndike-Barnhart Junior
Dictionary (ya know, for us pesty, ill-mannered kids), gives 2
definitions of "die", other than the one for death. #1 is for the
working die and #2 is for the playtime die. After the 2 definitions it
says die is a noun, the plural for #1 is dies and the plural for #2 is
dice. Unless there is a higher authority, like Howard Cosell or some
assbite of that ilk, that seems to tell it like it is.

Maybe we are dealing with a local dialect thing.g

michael

note: assbite is in this case not a profanity as it is an accurate
description of a real individual, either living or dead.