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Subject:	Re: How to properly call "the Birck" was Re: Can some do this or tell me of who is this?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.lego.direct
Date:	Thu, 18 Jul 2002 21:54:22 GMT
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> In lugnet.lego.direct, Adrian Drake writes: > Since LEGO is a brand name, the proper way to describe the brick would be to > call them "a LEGO brick" or "many LEGO bricks" I think LEGO has become much like Kleenex and Coke in usage. While the *correct* way to ask for a soft piece of paper to wipe my nose is "Hand me a tissue" , some may say "Pass me a Kleenex." As such, the plural to LEGO would be LEGOs (note the lower case 's'). So saying "Give me my LEGOs" could be construed as correct. -Orion

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		Re: How to properly call "the Birck" was Re: Can some do this or tell me of who is this?
(...) A personal story (it happened to a friend of a friend... well, no, it happened to me...) The LEGO Company sent me a letter many years ago in which they spelled out, as plainly as can be, the proper usage of all their copyrights and trademarks. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: How to properly call "the Birck" was Re: Can some do this or tell me of who is this?
(...) I agree with you about tissues, but I sometimes say "Coke" and usually "Hoover the floor". With LEGO though, it's always been "playing with Lego" to me. I don't equate "Lego" to mean "a single LEGO brick", such that a collection becomes (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)

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		Re: How to properly call "the Birck" was Re: Can some do this or tell me of who is this?
(...) Since LEGO is a brand name, the proper way to describe the brick would be to call them "a LEGO brick" or "many LEGO bricks" Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)

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