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(...) Thats what i meant, sorry (...) True (...) On TV in the UK i have seen it in books as well in the College Libery (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Is this a US only usage? In Australia AFAIK "Lego" is "Lego", a collective noun for the toy system, and the bricks are "Lego bricks". Maybe it's because we're used to sheep and wheat, or maybe we're just smarter ;^)(hey, this is o- t-d!). (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Aspirin is still a trademark here (Canada) but not in the UK. It varies from country to country. Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Park: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Exactly. That was the initial motivation of my post. (...) Heh! You're right--even insofar as AFOLs already face a certain stigma, unfounded though it may be, the sort of pedantry we're describing stands out as somehow more extreme. Dave! (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) but (...) brick (...) Good general example, but bad specifics, both of these product names are still protected trademarks. Contrast cola and aspirin, lost by The Coca Cola Company, Inc. and Bayer Farben AG respectively, I believe. ++Lar (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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You also have to consider that most people just don't care. If you go around correcting people, they're going to roll their eyes and give you that look reserved for Trekkie conventions and people like me who stood out in line all night for Star Wars (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm not disputing that. In fact, one of the first points in my original post was a recognition of the possibility of product dilution. Nor am I asserting "Legos" as the correct form; I'm simply saying that, if a person identifies a single (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This has nothing to due with the English language's rules for pluralization. It's a legal issue of trademark dilution. By referring to their products as LEGO bricks, LEGO building toys, etc., the Lego Company is trying to avoid having their (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Fair enough, but this *is* a LEGO-based discussion group, and the demographic here might reasonably be expected to make a more thoughtful effort to adhere to the "correct" form. In my experience, though, this simply doesn't pan-out to the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Amen, Aaron (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I truly didn't mean to single you out, but I've been thinking about "Legos" lately, and your post just seemed like a well-timed segue for me! I'm sorry if I seemed to be coming down on you... Dave! (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Agreed, if they want us older folks to buy more, they have to target us more, and also don't jack the price on us just because we are older(we CAN do the math). (...) Actually I *DO* use LEGO as both a singular and plural, have for a while (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You are right in that I made a mistake. I should have refered to them as LEGO products instead of Legos. However, I presented my posting as a casual musing over the direction I would like the Castle theme to progress, and my slip was an honest (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Live a long and happy life knowing that someone out there loves you? Chris (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What exactly happens? You need to give some more information before anyone can really help you with something like that. FUT set to .geek (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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What do you do when after you re-format your computer, it WILL NOT re-install windows? (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, I'm not 100% sure what opinion you're asking for from me. My basic stance hasn't changed of course, and everyone who reads here much already knows it, I don't hold much with regulation of behaviours or of intent, only of ensuring (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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AMEN. When structured and civilized debate occurs it is a beautiful thing. And its through these debates that we are able to advance the civility and tolerance of other points of view within our community. One of the first things seen on the lugnet (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Or an Old part of New Labour? :) I picked up my Evening Standard today, with much blushing about Widdecombe's backtracking and various Tory MPs coming out about having smoked marijuana in their younger years. I'd be surprised if Labour says (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Nicely said. By the way, this type of tension is fairly common for webbased discussion groups like bulletin boards and listservs. I recently was bombarded with about 200 emails from a listserv for professionals that mainly focused on somebody not (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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