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Re: Lore on Lego vs. Legos
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lugnet.mediawatch
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Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:06:56 GMT
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I'm going to chalk this one up to human nature. As far as I can tell, people
like to shorten names. Instead of saying "LEGO brand building bricks", they say
"LEGOs". Call it a nick-name, or even an abbreviation .I could walk around all
day saying "Pentium 4 Processor", but I don't. I abbreviate it to "P4". People
insist on calling me "El" even though my name, and what I prefer to be called,
is "Elroy".
If you focus too much on the individual words that people are using, there's a
good chance that you'll miss what they are actually saying. Missing the forest
for the trees sort of thing.
So, yeah, I agree that it's "LEGO brand building bricks" (or parts or whatever),
but I'm going to abbreviate it to LEGOs. If someone doesn't understand my
abbreviation, then I'll gladly explain to them what it means if they ask, just
like I would any other abbreviation that they might not have come across before.
-Elroy (a.k.a, El)
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| (...) This is pretty much my position. The purpose of language is to communicate ideas. It doesn't really matter what words are used, as long as the idea behind them is understood. If using 'legos' or 'lego' communicates the idea as well as using (...) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lore on Lego vs. Legos
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| (URL), top story today. Attention Lego fanatics: you are missing the point when you claim that the word "Lego" can't be pluralized into "Legos," but should instead be "Lego bricks." If your concern is trademark protection, then plurality doesn't (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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