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Please don't call them 'Legos'

17 pointsby xmjwover 11 years ago

7 comments

lmmover 11 years ago
I don't care about the trademarks, but as a Brit 'Legos' always sounds wrong, like "I'm playing with my sheeps".
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chrisseatonover 11 years ago
British people don't call them lego because of trademark issues, we call them that because we consider it to be a mass noun.
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icambronover 11 years ago
Trying to get people not to use the obvious plural is silly, but the insistance on all caps bothers me even more. It's right up there with Yahoo's exclamation mark. The convention is that everyone will call you, usually, by the name you choose, but demanding that other people use your preferred typographical novelty is lame.
a-prioriover 11 years ago
This may be a regional thing? I've always used "Lego" as a mass noun as in "I'm playing with Lego". The pluralization "Legos" sounds weird to me.
cstavishover 11 years ago
As someone who spent a ludicrous amount of time during my childhood playing with <i>Legos</i> and always referring to them as such to friends and family, I really don&#x27;t appreciate this &quot;request&quot;. I&#x27;m quick to correct my ways when I realize that I&#x27;ve been mispronouncing or misusing a word, but when we&#x27;re talking about a children&#x27;s toy brand (however cool it may be), let&#x27;s just all take it easy.
leobelleover 11 years ago
The title for this link needs to be fixed. It&#x27;s a question with some answers, and very few of the answers reflect the position stated in the title.
wil421over 11 years ago
I have never played with only one lego therefore I refer to them as legos because I play with more than one.
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