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    Re: Oh no, what have I done!?!? —Adrian Drake
   (...) 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 -- (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Oh no, what have I done!?!? —Mark Papenfuss
   (...) 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)
   
        Re: Oh no, what have I done!?!? —Dave Low
   (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Oh no, what have I done!?!? —Mark Papenfuss
   <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 (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Oh no, what have I done!?!? —Bryan Beckwith
   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" (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
 

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