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Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 4 Jan 2000 23:58:16 GMT
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According to the book, "The World of LEGO® Toys,1987, the Word LEGO, was
coined by Ole Kirk, founder of LEGO, based on the danish phrase "leg godt"
which translates to 'play well". Interesting side note is that Ole found out
later the Latin word "Lego" means " I assemble" or "I put together".
neat huh ?
John
In lugnet.castle, Arjan Brugman writes:
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> D. Jezek <danjezek@REMOVEaloha.net> schreef in berichtnieuws
> Fnt3v2.H6H@lugnet.com...
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> <snip>
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> > Dalu cannot mean Lego in arabian. Lego doesn't have any other meaning. • It's
> > just lego and it's a name of a company and a product. I can see an • arabian
> > name for house or a horse or a bowl of soup but not lego.
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> If I recall correctly, "Lego" is Danish for "play" or something similar.
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> Just thought I'd let you know. :o)
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> Arjan Brugman
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> abrugman@casema.net
> Arjan.Brugman@philips.com
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| John Morgan <trees@utk.edu> schreef in berichtnieuws Fnu594.851@lugnet.com... (...) out (...) Yes! That's it! I knew I wasn't completely right. Sounds like Lego was meant to be. :o) Thanks for refreshing my memory! -- Arjan Brugman - (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| D. Jezek <danjezek@REMOVEaloha.net> schreef in berichtnieuws Fnt3v2.H6H@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) It's (...) arabian (...) If I recall correctly, "Lego" is Danish for "play" or something similar. Just thought I'd let you know. :o) -- Arjan Brugman (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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