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Re: LegAuz
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Thu, 9 Dec 1999 07:17:06 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Richard Parsons writes:
> Todd Lehman wrote in message ...
> > I don't live in Australia, so my opinion obviously doesn't count
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> Todd Lehman's opinion doesn't count. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ---- thump <<falls
> off chair laughing>>>
Quick!! Let's build a big LEGO wall around Australia to keep him out!! Stop
him from posting to our group. Nasty, eavesdropping, opinionated meanie!!! ;-)
Welcome to "Australia", Todd
> <<gets up, dusts self off, snickers a few more times, and settles>>
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> Aaannnnyway. Santosh is right, I would guess this is Leg-Auz, as in
> Oztralia.
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> Still, its bound to cause confusion, uncertainty, concern, and then there'll
> be tears and finger pointing, and gnashing of teeth, and you said, no he
> said etc etc.
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> Unfortunately the word Australia does not lend itself to a ready Legoverse
> translation (like say Tony Priestman's Great Brikain).
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> Maybe the trick is in the spelling - could anyone screw up the pronunciation
> of LegAuz. Well no, but LegAuz really has bugger all else to recommend it.
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> How 'bout 'AAFOL', being Australian Adult Fans/Fools/Froods/Frootloops Of
> Lego? That would be 'arrfoll'....
> Hmmmm. Bit close to 'awful'.
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> What about BLOC, the Builders' League Of the Commonwealth of australia?
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> Or STUDS. What about STUDS. That needn't stand for anything really. Just
> Studs. That would be fine it seems to me. After all, Lego is supposed to be
> about imagination, isn't it?
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> Stream of consciousness is a very dangerous thing.
Todd does raise an interesting point. We should chose carefully if we are
going to "officialise" this meeting (and I'd like to). Taking into account how
our "name" would be perceived by others, particularly TLC, is very important.
I had suggested OzLUG, SydLUG and the like, which only has the word "LEGO" in
the extension of the acronym. Pretty safe, given the continuence of Lugnet,
NELUG, et al.
A discussion at the "meeting" would be good.
Must go as they're turning the power off. Time to change the hampster in the
little wheel!!
Pete Callaway
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| Peter Callaway wrote in message ... (...) ;-) Bugger that. Let's build a big Lego Pirate Ship, and bring him here. Hey wait, let's just build a great big Lego Pirate Ship. Oh damn, now I've gone and distracted myself. Off to build more (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) Todd Lehman's opinion doesn't count. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ---- thump <<falls off chair laughing>>> <<gets up, dusts self off, snickers a few more times, and settles>> Aaannnnyway. Santosh is right, I would guess (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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