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| | | One of my coworkers (who doesn't know of my little ABS addiction) mentioned off-handedly that his brother, while in college for architecture, used to build "really complex bridges and things out of LEGO." I'm not anal about "LEGO" versus "LEGOs," (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Proper usage of "LEGO" —Dan Boger
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| | | | (...) heh, I'm not anal about it, but isn't the proper use "LEGO Bricks"? :) Dan (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Proper usage of "LEGO" —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) Hmm... Good point. I was so floored by the non-pluralization that I didn't even think of that. Oh well--one step at a time. Dave! (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Proper usage of "LEGO" —Mladen Pejic
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| | | | | (...) Actually, wouldn't that be incorrect as well. Do you build models just out of "bricks". Of course not (unless you are making "sculptures")! What about plates, slopes, inverted slopes, hinges, axles, canopies, curved pieces, etc.? I think (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Proper usage of "LEGO" —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) IANAE(1) but I think it's actually "LEGO brand building bricks" :-) 1 - I am not anal either tongue set firmly in cheek. FUT set firmly to ot.f. ++Lar (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: Proper usage of "LEGO" —Jennifer L. Boger
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| | | | | | | Actually, it's "LEGO Bricks or Toys" as seen here on the back of a 1981 catalog: (URL) often do i get to correct both my husband *and* larry p?) (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Proper usage of "LEGO" —Mark or Milissa Millère
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| | | | | | | | (...) Actually you not only corrected their misteak, you did it "At The Same Time", an extreme rarity AND you had proof to back you up. Well done! gd&r Thanx, Mark Millere LUGnet # 525 Visit Milissa's LEGO store, Millere's Spares (URL) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Proper usage of "LEGO" —David Eaton
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| | | | | | | (...) Well, sadly, I am pretty anal, but I think Dan was right... I think The Lego Company has asked (back when it was The Lego Group) that their building brick product be referred to as "Lego bricks" or "Lego toys". IANALR (not a Lego Rep) DaveE (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Proper usage of "LEGO" —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | (...) There is some media precedent, right or wrong, for using "LEGO" to refer to the system of interlocking plastic bricks; in The Simpsons episode in which they went to the Ikea-ish store, Marge referred to certain utensils as being made of (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: Proper usage of "LEGO" —Abner Finley
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| | | | | | | I wish I could explain it into words that make sense about the LEGO® Company of the proper usage of LEGO. What I mean is over the years many years with the change of trademarks, copyrights, statemarks, slogans, theme logo designs and company logos. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: Proper usage of "LEGO" —Markham Carroll
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| | | | | | Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GI0zED.1vy@lugnet.com... (...) mentioned (...) to (...) about (...) I am pretty sure it is Lego Bricks, since they have a patent and all. -- Markham Carroll Who needs sanity when you (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Proper usage of "LEGO" —Abner Finley
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| | | | (...) I wish I could explain it into words that make sense about the LEGO® Company of the proper usage of LEGO. What I mean is over the years many years with the change of trademarks, copyrights, statemarks, slogans, theme logo designs and company (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)
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