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Subject: 
Re: Lore on Lego vs. Legos
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Date: 
Mon, 2 Feb 2004 19:27:04 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.AVOIDSPAMorg
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Robb King <rk@KILLTHISrobbking.com> wrote:
[snip]
   I know that the Lego trademark page says to never say "Legos." That
   doesn't mean that the plural of "Lego" is "Lego," it means that they
   don't want you to use the term generically. Get it straight. • [snip]
Good point, but I think TLG said the same thing 24 years ago.
http://www.robbking.com/GAH/LEGOplease.jpg <<-- notice bottom of ad.

Yes, that's the "Lego trademark page" referred to.


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Matthew Miller           mattdm@mattdm.org        <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux      ------>                <http://linux.bu.edu/>



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  Re: Lore on Lego vs. Legos
 
(...) Yeah, but within that trademark blurb, the LEGO Group asks you to refer to their product as LEGO bricks or toys, in the plural. People can read that a couple of ways: from the "brand name protection" angle, or from the "settle this plural (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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  Re: Lore on Lego vs. Legos
 
(...) Good point, but I think TLG said the same thing 24 years ago. (URL) <<-- notice bottom of ad. (20 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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