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(...) LOL yeah at least Clint pronounced every word correctly when he threatened people with "...a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off...". Even if he does have a funny accent. Punk. Clint Eastwood (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) <snip> The only thing I can think of when I hear 'mundanes' is the whole 'teep vs mundane' thing that JMS had goin' on in B5... Dave K (21 years ago, 21-Dec-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Dang, I was so ready to pounce until I got to the end of the sentence. (...) And whether or not you agree with Lar, the fact is that you are judged by your choice of words. It's similar to insisting on speaking a vernacular other than Standard (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) { "Natural" == "Correct" } == FALSE (...) Saying LEGOS (instead of LEGO brand building elements) shows lack of respect for the brand and the concept. Most mundanes could care less about the distinction (but not much less (1) ). Pointing it out (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) 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. (...) But then why bother teaching kids anything? For example, why bother sharing the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I've never really understood why AFOL's get upset when people say "LEGOS" instead of "LEGO". 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 (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) No, just to the cold, cold basement. 8--) It seems odder that the first thing the husband asked upon his return was 'what happened to the big lego head?' I found this rather funny, but maybe he liked it most because it was all one piece, and (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) From the While You Were Out message board (written by LegoBeth): "I love LEGO! I am now rebuilding the LEGO room in a better location - the room with the LEGO fireplace! Anyway, nobody is allowed in "Jay's" Blue Room, except the digital cable (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Snippage... What I saw of the episode was that she was very nervous about the whole thing. Obviously she thought that the Lego creations were a little overwhelming for her husband, so she wanted to do a non-Lego room for him. Fair enough I say. As a (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) [snip] (...) Actually, my wife thought that the carpenter and the woman who broke the red bookcase (I don't normally watch this show) seemed to actually understand the labor that probably went into the construction. The designer clearly (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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