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Re: Misnomer: we are all Lego collectors!
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:46:23 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jimmy Park writes:
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> Just wanted to make sure the terminology is correct and we don't stigmatize
> the term collector,
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> Jimmy
uh...if you really wanted to clarify a word, isn't it best to offer the
actual definition of that word?
I can't seem to find my dictionary, but i did find my thesaurus and the
first word it uses to describe "collect" is "gather".
It would seem to me that some of us "gather" lego to build with...
...some "gather" lego to place on a shelf...
...some "gather" lego to sell for profit...
In my uneducated opinion, many words in the english language have similiar
definitions and can often be interchanged without sacrificing the definition
of either.
~Kirby (uneducatedly opinionated)
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| (...) From Dictionary.com: col·lec·tor (k-lktr) n. 1. One that collects: a solar energy collector; a dust collector. 2. A person employed to collect taxes, duties, or other payments. 3. A person who makes a collection, as of stamps. 4. An electrode (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Misnomer: we are all Lego collectors!
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| I would just like to clarify a point here: we are all Lego collectors. Lego refers to us that way, we behave like classic collectors, and there is nothing wrong with being a Lego collector! Look at all the catalogs and Lego Mania magazines. They are (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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