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Re: Anyone get Lego for XMAS?
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lugnet.starwars
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Thu, 30 Dec 1999 21:29:51 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.loc.uk, Simon Denscombe writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.uk, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> > > my wife bought me a 8448 supercar.
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> > I got
> > 7101 Lightsaber (Spelt Wrong) Duel
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> Just a nitpick, here: why do so many people assert that this is an
> incorrect spelling? I expect, Simon, you're being at least partially
> facetious, but I've seen people being real sticks-in-the-mud about it.
> Regardless of the "real" spelling of saber, Lucasfilms apparently has
> decided how they want to spell it:
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> http://www.starwars.com/weapons/lightsaber_jedi/
In the movie credits, it is spelt "lightsabre" - at least, that's what the die-
hards always claim, it isn't worth my time to check. The movies are more
canon than the website.
Personally, I don't care. (Nor, I suspect does George)
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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| (...) That's my view, too. I'm not bothered by the spelling nearly so much as by the people who make a big deal about it (even bigger, that is, than the deal I've made about it!). Dave! (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Just a nitpick, here: why do so many people assert that this is an incorrect spelling? I expect, Simon, you're being at least partially facetious, but I've seen people being real sticks-in-the-mud about it. Regardless of the "real" spelling of (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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