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| | | (...) What aspect of the term do you feel is inaccurate? From your post, it would seem that you object to the word "fan", because it implies a stronger dedication than the word "hobbyist"? Of course, the resulting acronym with "Hobbyist" is .. uh... (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| | | | | Re: About the term "AFOL" —Leonard Hoffman
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| | | | | (...) I personally dislike refering to myself in accronym form. Accronyms are pretty much an indicator of complete geekishness, which, when cruising the beach for babes, I try to avoid. I usually say "LEGO Fan" and "LEGO Fan Community", and then (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: About the term "AFOL" —David Eaton
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| | | | | | (...) I used to like it until someone pronounced my initials (DPE) as "Dippy". Actually (man, this is going off-topic FAST), when I was a wee one of about 7 years old or so, my name betrayed me. My mom was "Moo-Moo". You'd be "Loo-Loo Hoo-Hoo". Jake (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | Let's replace "AFOL" with "ALE" —Joe Strout
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| | | | | (...) It's not just you, Mike -- I feel much the same way. (David replied) (...) I'm sure there are such cases, but from what I've seen, the majority of people in this community really are much more enthusiastic about LEGO bricks than clone bricks. (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Let's replace "AFOL" with "ALE" —Thomas Main
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| | | | | | (...) I dislike the term "AFOL" and would gladly support a shift to use "ALE" or another non-acronym based phrase. -- Thomas Main thomasmain@myrealbox.com (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: About the term "AFOL" —Mike Walsh
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| | | | "David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:IH42Lw.1wsw@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) would seem (...) dedication than (...) .. (...) [... snipped ... ] Yes, I believe you are correct, it is the term "fan" I have an issue (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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