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Re: LEGOZ 2000
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Tue, 7 Dec 1999 10:31:03 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ...
> On ther other hand, there's Markus Noga's legOS operating system for the RCX
> brick...
> ...but actually, in that case, it's probably not problematic since OS (which
> stands for Operating System) is always pronounced "oh ess" and never "ahss"

Is that leg-o-s or le-go-o-s?

I pronounce it "oss", as in Beos, or "floss". So it's Leg-oss. And LegOz has
a hard zed sound, while legos is pronounced more like leg-oes.

Your pronunciation may vary, as may your choice of units.
(you have my permission :)

Moz



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  Re: LEGOZ 2000
 
(...) I don't live in Australia, so my opinion obviously doesn't count, but one I might suggest thinking about is how "LegOz" would be pronounced. If it comes out sounding like "legos," then it's being (IMHO) disrespectful to LEGO, since they (...) (27 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)

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