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Re: "Graham Rawle's Lost Consonants"
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lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk
Date: 
Sat, 13 May 2000 14:35:54 GMT
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"Scott A" <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> writes:

"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 funny most weeks). This week it featured Lego:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=4381

I really liked this one.  Really funny stuff, although one shouldn't
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



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  Re: "Graham Rawle's Lost Consonants"
 
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 (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: "Graham Rawle's Lost Consonants"
 
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)

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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 (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)  

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