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Re: IMPORTANT NEWS........!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thu, 5 Apr 2001 23:25:31 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Paul Baulch writes:
> 
> My two cents:
> 
> I really, really DON'T like OzStudz and will fight tooth and nail to oppose
> any namez suggested which pluralise using 'z'. Hey, if you want adults to
> cringe at our organisation that's the way to do it. The only normal/mundane
> people who like 'z' plurals are advertising execs who want to sell "thingz"
> to teenagers.

Absolutely!

> And, as we all know, teenagers don't play with Lego. ;-)

But wouldn't the world be a better place if they did?

> In the absence of a name we all like a lot, I don't mind AusLUG. Even
> better, OzLUG - let's face it, this way less Yanks will think it's an
> Austrian Lego users group.   ~~~~~~~J

But that would be AutLUG, wouldn't it? ;)

My preference, for what it's worth, would be for AusLUG, over OzLUG (I still
have problems with Oz as a substitute for Australia/Aus. Must be my old age!)

Cheers

Richie Dulin



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  Re: IMPORTANT NEWS........!!!...!!!
 
(...) I think I agree. But if we call it OzLUG, can I be the tin-man????? 8?) ROSCO (25 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
  Re: IMPORTANT NEWS........!!!...!!!
 
(...) still (...) age!) It's not age! I'm grandma here (since nobody *admits* to being older) and Oz is fine with me. I use it all the time. It's more fun than Aus. Also, Oz has whimsy/fantasy associations that I find quite appropriate for our (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
  Re: IMPORTANT NEWS........!!!...!!!
 
In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin writes (about a theoretical Austrian LUG): (...) Or, if they named it themselves, OstLUG (or is it ÖstLUG?) Cheers again Richie Dulin (25 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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My two cents: "Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message news:GBBBA0.1ty@lugnet.com... (...) construction [...] (...) It highlights the main problem - it sounds like a business name, like we're selling the blocks or something. Which we're (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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