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Re: Oh no, what have I done!?!?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:58:33 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Kevin Wilson writes:
> 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."
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> 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".
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
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www.brickfrenzy.com
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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