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Re: While You Were Out on TLC ("LEGOS")
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Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:35:47 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, David Gregory wrote:
> I've never really understood why AFOL's get upset when people say "LEGOS"
> instead of "LEGO".
If it makes you feel better, I hated it as a kid too. :)
I had a friend who used the improper plural and it sounded just as wrong back
then as it does today.
> Yes, I know that LEGO is the brand name and not the name of
> the pieces. It's just that LEGO seems to strive to enrich kids' childhoods and
> to bring out the inner children of adults. It's about playing with the coolest
> toy in the world and getting to still be a kid, no matter how old you are.
But then why bother teaching kids anything? For example, why bother sharing the
concept of a brick separator with them? Why not just let them use their teeth
to pull bricks apart? Yuck!
I think it's o.k. to encourage kids to start some good habits early. And the
proper use of the LEGO brand name is one of those habits. Having them talk
about "my LEGO bricks" or "can I please have some LEGO pieces" isn't going to
take any fun away from what you correctly describe as the coolest toy in the
world. :)
> To pluralize the word "LEGO" into "LEGOS" is just what kids do, because in
> English it's natural to tack on an S to a proper noun to make it plural
> (Kleenexes, Band Aids, etc.). Telling people to say LEGO without the S is like
> telling someone to call their "toothbrush" a "teethbrush", because you use it on
> all your teeth, not just one tooth. It might make technical sense, but you're
> being an ol' fuddy duddy.
Or is it like telling a child to count 'sheeps' to help them get to sleep? :)
> I love LEGOS. LEGOS let the kid in me create and have a lot of fun, so I'm
> going to keep saying "LEGOS" 'til I die, 'cause part of me is always going to be
> a kid.
O.K. but I'm telling my mom.
;)
Allan B.
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