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Re: Oh no, what have I done!?!?
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 10 Apr 2001 04:01:57 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mark Papenfuss writes:
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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".
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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.
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> > Adrian
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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 difference between singular and multiple versions of
> words it is the same time most of us discovered Lego. As kids we are taught,
> for example cat = one cat and cats = more than one cat, so we translate lego
> = one brick (or plate or whatever, lol) and legos = more than one. So we say
> I am playing with my legos. Just think if a kid was playing with only one
> Lego brick - kinda sad huh? lol. If this point has been hit on before, sorry :)~
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 cookies, you drink milk and you play with Lego. Does this make sense?
I wonder where this US phenomenon of "legos" first came from -- the
Samsonite connection? Or maybe it's a more general cultural thing.
--DaveL
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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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| (...) 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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