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Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:19:53 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Timothy Gould wrote:
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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%.
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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 “LEGOs.”
I can’t say for sure, but I am somewhat conscious of this phenomenon, and
AFAIK I have never never heard a non-AFOLs refer to the bricks as “LEGO.”
It has always and in every case been “LEGOs.”
The only near-exception I have seen is when a parent and child are entering the
LEGO aisle at a store, sort of like this:
”Mom! They have LEGO!”
”Don’t you have enough LEGOs already?”
”All of my LEGOs are in the attic.”
So even if the average consumer might use “LEGO” as the brand name, but the
elements themselves are invariably “LEGOs.”
I should disclaim that I don’t feel very strongly about this, and it’s more of a
light diversion for me than a serious argument. I’m much more concerned with
the knuckleheads who refer to “Megablox” instead of the proper term Mega
Bloks.
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