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Re: Lore on Lego vs. Legos
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lugnet.mediawatch
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Wed, 4 Feb 2004 16:59:31 GMT
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MATTDM@MATTDM.ORGspamless
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Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote:
> If "Legos" grates on you the way "nukuler" grates on me, then you have
> my sympathy! Still, someone can refer to "Fords" or "Toyotas" without
> causing an uproar, so there is some precedent for pluralized brandnames,
> however incorrectly it might apply to LEGO.
There's the exact same technical/legalistic rule against saying "Fords" or
"Toyotas" or "Burger Kings" or "Pentiums" or "Dells" or "Dumpsters". Or
"Kleenexes" or "Band-Aids". Again as the original article pointed out. :)
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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
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| (...) Well, there are two things a play here... what people(1) *want* to do, and what companies *have* to do if they want to preserve their property. It is my opinion that The LEGO Company *has* to ask people to use the word "LEGO" as an adjective (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Lore on Lego vs. Legos
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| (...) If "Legos" grates on you the way "nukuler" grates on me, then you have my sympathy! Still, someone can refer to "Fords" or "Toyotas" without causing an uproar, so there is some precedent for pluralized brandnames, however incorrectly it might (...) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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