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David Simmons wrote in message ... (...) NO ONE (...) bricks." (...) of (...) group (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 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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(...) Well,when I think of Lego I think of a single brick - I know "lego" is the name of the bricks, but it still pops in my head as a singular brick. I think of legos as the pile I have on my floor, more than one brick. When we are being taught the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) When you learn 1 cookie--2 cookies you also learn 1 glass of milk--2 glasses of milk. Cookies come in packets or recipes labelled "Cookies", milk comes in a bottle or carton labelled "Milk", Lego comes in a box labelled "LEGO". So you eat (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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<snip> (...) Yes, perfect sense ~ And I agree. But i think the since the term 'cookies' is not a brand name like Lego is people think of cookies and legos along the same lines for rules of speech (add the 'S') so (in theory) the bag of cookies are (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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When I refer to a single brick, I usually use the term "one of my LEGOs," or "please hand me that piece." I suppose I could substitute "piece" with "LEGO", but I never do. (At least not that I've noticed.) Collectively, my LEGO products are "LEGOs" (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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