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Re: Names of things.
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lugnet.loc.au
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Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:21:13 GMT
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"pete white" <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> > LEGO can call things what they want, when they want, and whatever they • *say*
> > is correct *is* correct, aussie whinging about it notwithstanding. It's
> > their product after all. Who are you (or I) to say what's correct and • what
> > isn't?
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> Maybe all Lugnetters should learn Danish and only converse in Danish while
> on Lugnet (;^)
> Using the original Danish names (if that's the starting point).
Well, that would be more appropriate than everyone having to learn (and
converse in) American.... after all, it's a Danish product.
;-)
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Cheers,
Paul
LUGNET member 164
http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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)
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