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    Re: Names of things. —Pete White
   (...) I'm with Larry on this. While that Santa Fe Super Chief is based on a real world object, Lego are just tagging Lego creations with a hopefully marketable identifier. The 6285 I possess is a USA edition and has the name Black Seas Barracuda on (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: Names of things. —Paul Baulch
    "pete white" <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:H3tExp.LLu@lugnet.com... (...) *say* (...) what (...) Well, that would be more appropriate than everyone having to learn (and converse in) American.... after all, it's a Danish product. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: Names of things. —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) No, it's a universal product made by a Danish multinational which, for the most part, uses English as their internal working language. (not American, mind you, but English... your prejudice is showing through) Most multinationals these days (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: Names of things. —Benjamin Whytcross
   (...) I would have to debate that one...most of the "English" used is American as shown by their mis-spelling of several words [colour being a prime example.] Benjamin Whytcross (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
 

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