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Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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Wed, 5 Jan 2000 18:16:27 GMT
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John Morgan <trees@utk.edu> schreef in berichtnieuws
Fnu594.851@lugnet.com...
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

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
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abrugman@casema.net
Arjan.Brugman@philips.com



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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 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)

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