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Subject:	Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:14:39 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Timothy Gould wrote:

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.”

I suppose that I can accept that as a fitting compromise.

Wow. This might be the first time that we agreed on something.

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		Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
(...) 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 ;) (13 years ago, 13-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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		Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
--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 (...) (13 years ago, 13-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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