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Re: Castle Accesseries for Knight's Kingdom
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 14 Oct 2000 16:21:19 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Dave Schuler writes:
> We've all heard the cautions from TLC that "LEGO" is a term of intellectual
> property and should be preserved intact, rather than becoming diluted through
> such terms as "LEGOs," "lego," or "legos." Strictly speaking, I respect that,
> but in reality and in practice 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.
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!).
--DaveL
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| (...) We've all heard the cautions from TLC that "LEGO" is a term of intellectual property and should be preserved intact, rather than becoming diluted through such terms as "LEGOs," "lego," or "legos." Strictly speaking, I respect that, but in (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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