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(...) Clearly no one should be using reporters as sources for proper English usage. There should not be any presumption of competency there, just because they write for a living. (...) Yes,it does. At least in my view. (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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(...) Okay I never really understood why any one puts a big fuss, but I do understand where they come from. As far as saying Lego or Legos. There was an article in the Arizona Repulsive about lego. The reporter kept saying legos. I remember a number (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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(...) Your examples are not analogous. More like "Xerox" or "Kleenex" or "Rollerblades". These company's brand names have fallen victim to the equation of a product, but not necessarily their product. (...) Not true at all! If "legos" becomes (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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Did a search for LEGO CASTLE sets, and found this: (URL) a search for Lego Compatible and found a whole bunch of these fake 'lego' sets. All from Hong Kong. While the seller says these are NOT LEGO products, and the boxes do not say LEGO anywhere, (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Personally, I never understood Lego's big fuss over the use of the term "Legos" for their products. (Or any Lego fan's big fuss, for that matter). They tried for 25 years (maybe more) to tell people to stop using the term, yet people still do. (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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