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--snip-- (...) no. Nowhere near 100%. There's a very high fraction of LEGO fans outside North America. (12 years ago, 12-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) A fair point, I suppose, though I maintain that since I was referring to "non AFOLs," I'm not sure that it's relevant. (12 years ago, 12-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That * was actually an *ahem* but FTX ate the rest. Sounds harsher without it. Ignore the word 'fans'. Very few non-AFOLs here or in Europe would call them LEGOs. Ergo not even close to 100%. (12 years ago, 12-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) And here I was wondering how you did that nifty bullet point. How about this: Of the English-speaking population that might reasonably be anticipated to pluralize a word by adding an S on the end of it, nearly 100% of non-AFOLs use the term (...) (12 years ago, 12-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) Oh I'm not taking it seriously at all ;) But I will fight for the linguistic differences between us and them (defined as the situation calls for). I have never heard, outside of TV and my recent trip to the US, the bricks referred to (...) (12 years ago, 13-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) "Mum! They have LEGO!" "Don't you have enough LEGO already?" "All my LEGO is in the cupboard." Fixed! (12 years ago, 13-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) LOL. If that poor kid's collection can fit in the cupboard, then he obviously doesn't have enough. (12 years ago, 13-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I suppose that I can accept that as a fitting compromise. Wow. This might be the first time that we agreed on something. (12 years ago, 13-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I remember a time when my collection fit into a cardboard box k, i was still single digits at the time Dave (12 years ago, 13-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I'm pretty sure we've agreed many times in the past where there was a common enemy. But it's much more fun arguing so those are what are remembered ;) (12 years ago, 13-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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