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Re: Oh no, what have I done!?!?
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Date: 
Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:53:25 GMT
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David Simmons wrote in message ...
What I find interesting (and very telling in a certain way) is that • NO ONE
that I've ever met, child or parent has referred to them as "Lego • bricks."
They (and I for the purposes of not wanting to come off as some kind • of
weird snob) have always call them "Legos."  Only until I joined this • group
did I hear the argument that "You should always refer to them as Lego
bricks."

Depends where you're from. I grew up in the UK and had never heard
them called "Legos" till I came to North America. We called it "Lego"
(eg..."Let's go and play with the Lego"). TLC is fighting a losing
battle to get people to call them "Lego bricks".

Kevin
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  Re: Oh no, what have I done!?!?
 
(...) They are indeed. In the 3.5 hours I spent in TRU this weekend doing one of my Lego sculptures, nobody called them Lego bricks,and EVERYBODY called them "legos". They will never get that out of the American mindset. Adrian -- (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Oh no, what have I done!?!?
 
Kyle, you're not alone. What I find interesting (and very telling in a certain way) is that NO ONE that I've ever met, child or parent has referred to them as "Lego bricks." They (and I for the purposes of not wanting to come off as some kind of (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)

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