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Re: Oh no, what have I done!?!?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:16:54 GMT
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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" and, in my mind, there is no such thing as a
"LEGO". I agree that this probably stems from learning to add an S to words
while in school. As a matter of fact, I can remember spending a lot of team
in first or second grade learning to add an S to just about everything
except for ox, foot, deer, etc.
Bryan Beckwith
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 | | Re: Oh no, what have I done!?!?
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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