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Subject:	Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:34:47 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Dave Schuler wrote:

In lugnet.general, Timothy Gould wrote:

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Also, I’m not especially perturbed by his use of “LEGOs” as a designator, since that’s how approximately 100% of non AFOLs refer to them. Coin of the realm, so to speak.

no. Nowhere near 100%. There’s a very high fraction of LEGO fans outside North America.

A fair point, I suppose, though I maintain that since I was referring to “non AFOLs,” I’m not sure that it’s relevant.

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%.

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		Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
(...) 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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		Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
(...) 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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