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Re: a word in Lego instructions
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:53:38 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Richie Dulin wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Timothy Gould wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, John Patterson wrote:
> > > 10179, the word "Click" in a balloon. Actually my granddaughter found it. I
> > > wanted to see if anyone else cared - as it excited me no end. I really thought
> > > that words were against Lego policy. It is in English, I wonder if it was in
> > > other languages too. Page 215.
> > > John P
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> > Thanks. It is rather interesting and I'm surprised it was monolingual. Given my
> > understanding that the US and Canada share instructions I thought most North
> > American booklets would include French as well.
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> I suspect 'CLICK' could be regarded as onomatopoeic, and may bypass multiple
> language requirements of some markets on that basis. (An exception that may also
> cover other words such as 'CRASH' mentioned by DaveE).
However onomatopoeia is generally language specific anyway - how do those crazy
frenchmen spell a word that sounds like 'CLICK'?
ROSCO
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| (...) I suspect 'CLICK' could be regarded as onomatopoeic, and may bypass multiple language requirements of some markets on that basis. (An exception that may also cover other words such as 'CRASH' mentioned by DaveE). Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (16 years ago, 22-Jun-08, to lugnet.general)
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