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Re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 8 Mar 2001 17:36:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Sandlin writes:
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> One of my LEGO-related complaints has to do with the fact that people say
> "Technique" when they mean "Technic."
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> "Technique" = (tek-neek)
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> "Technic" = (tek-nik)
Word. And don't get me started on people who mispronounce "Futuron."
Pedants of the world, unite and take over!
Coby
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| (...) Just for my own edification, has there ever been an official pronunciation proclamation by LEGO (which, if not for the pronuciation they use, could arguably rhyme with "ego" despite its etymology) as to which is the correct way to say Technic (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today
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| (...) How do you mispronounce Futuron? I assume it is to be correctly pronounced as future-on, but am I wrong in this? And while I've never heard it pronounced Duh-plo I always liked the correct pronounciation of Lego since then those old (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today
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| (...) That's a lovely sweeping generalization you have there. However, I do share your complaint. One of my LEGO-related complaints has to do with the fact that people say "Technique" when they mean "Technic." "Technique" = (tek-neek) "Technic" = (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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