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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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Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:34:05 GMT
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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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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 as anything other than ‘LEGO’. And I’ve lived in both Australia and
England. A kid refers to a LEGO set, or collectively to his LEGO. As a child I
would visit my friend’s house to “play LEGO”. We do, however, naturally
pluralise with an ‘s’.
So... 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 70%
of non-AFOLs use the term “LEGOs.”
Tim
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