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| "Graham Rawle's Lost Consonants" is a weekly item in a newspaper I read. Each week a sentence is given, and GR removes a consonant to show how it can changes the meaning. Sometimes he can be quite funny, and sometimes not (although my kids find him (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) write "lego" when one means "LEGO brand building bricks", as the illustration suggests! ;-) It's also funny in the pretext of some AFOL's around here having a large ego! (No offense, anyone.) Fredrik (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ... (...) can (...) Lego: (...) There's a problem with the caption though... It should read "Nichoas had ots of ego to buid things with" follow-ups to: lugnet.off-topic.fun Frank (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) That's a matter of some controversy...in _50 Years of Play_, a book written by Lego System A/S, Denmark...the text reads: "The name LEGO was formed from the Danish words "Leg godt", meaning "Paly well". The company and its toys were thereafter (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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