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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 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)

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