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Re: Castle Accesseries for Knight's Kingdom
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 13 Oct 2000 15:45:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Timm writes:
> > I've never heard anyone actually refer to the bricks in the "correct" way.
> > Everyone in my workplace who knows of my Lego habit speaks of "Legos," and
> > workers at retail outlets likewise refer to them in the incorrect plural.
> > For that matter, sale circulars and even electronic media advertise "Legos
> > 10% off" and the like.
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> Actually I *DO* use LEGO as both a singular and plural, have for a
> while now, legos just SOUNDS silly to me.
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 wider community, nor, by extension, to the wider
purchasing consciousness.
I understand also the "one fish/two fish--one LEGO/two LEGO" reasoning, but
it can hardly be denied that the English language holds some precendent for
pluralization by the addition of an "S". If a person refers to a single brick
as a LEGO, I think the person can be forgiven for making the mistake,
especially if he hasn't heard the TLC caution to the contrary.
> The only thing I'd do is move further discussion out of .castle...
> other than that why not discuss it more? Its not like its a closed
> topic or anything.
Yeah, it's not really Castle-specific, I admit. I posted to .castle to keep
it in the thread, but in my initial post I set followups to off-topic.debate.
Dave!
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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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| (...) 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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