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Re: Lego.com Advertising
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 21 Nov 2000 19:40:45 GMT
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John Battcock wrote:

Good Evening,

As I was checking out at Cdnow.com I spotted a Lego advert for Lego.com in
one of those pop up windows. "Great gift Ideas". The link takes right to
shop at home where you are asked for a country.

John Battcock

Also seen at ww.merriam-webster.com (yeah, the dictionary) with caption:
"Sure, Aunt Edna's Fruitcakes are Great..."
"But trust us, they'll like these bricks even better"

Personally I question the idea that they're still calling them bricks.

--
-TiM
NB, CA
t_c_c@yahoo.com



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(...) You bring up a rather amusing point. Here Lego is, on a dictionary website, calling their pieces bricks when that very website defines a brick as: 1 plural bricks or brick : a handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)

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Good Evening, As I was checking out at Cdnow.com I spotted a Lego advert for Lego.com in one of those pop up windows. "Great gift Ideas". The link takes right to shop at home where you are asked for a country. John Battcock (24 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)

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