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The greatest debate of our century
2005-02-13, 4:25 PM #41
It has always been lego to me, but I don't mind if people refer to it as "legos"- I know what they're talking about.
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2005-02-13, 6:38 PM #42
I say 'Lego,' but I also say "I had about 4 or 5 beers." I guess I really can't judge people on it, either way......though I do get irritated when people use 'beer' plural. They are individual drinks!
2005-02-13, 7:20 PM #43
Lego, you illiterate scum!

Wookie: They have to do that or they can lose their trademark like Aspirin. As I guess Kleenex and Xerox are in danger of having done to them (if it hasn't been done already).
2005-02-14, 12:33 AM #44
Wow, I seriously have never heard of Lego being pluralised with an s until today.
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2005-02-14, 12:38 AM #45
I'm an American. I speak American. You guy's speaking English go back to England.
I can't think of anything to put here right now.
2005-02-14, 12:42 AM #46
We'll go back to England... but we're taking all the LEGO back with us! Muahaha, etc.
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2005-02-14, 1:13 AM #47
Whatever. I never really was that into LegoS[/i] as a child anyway.
I can't think of anything to put here right now.
2005-02-14, 1:38 AM #48
It's Lego. If a toy shop is discounting toys, it's 15% off all Lego, not Legos.
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2005-02-14, 1:43 AM #49
I play with my lego.
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2005-02-14, 3:50 AM #50
Quote:
Originally posted by FastGamerr
I don't care, it doesn't matter when it comes to finnish.


In Finnish we say "leegot".
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2005-02-14, 3:58 AM #51
Lego.

I shall play with my Lego (set).

I like Lego

I shall make Lego Sheep.

Your Legos Lexicons are wrong.

I are a grammar nazi.

Your Legos opinions are wrong too.
2005-02-14, 6:18 AM #52
ALL HAIL THE PURVEYOR OF THE MANTRAIN, NOW WITH FREE LEGO.
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2005-02-14, 7:05 AM #53
Quote:
Originally posted by Krig_the_Viking
I am a passionate lingophile. Every time someone says "Legos" instead of "Lego", I die a little more inside.

/me staggers away from this thread with what little is left of his sanity.


LEGOS
LEGOS
LEGOS
LEGOS
LEGOS
LEGOS
LEGOS
LEGOS
LEGOS

Quote:
Originally posted by Mikus
Ok, now let's put it this way, do you say "I have lots of moneys"?

Why not?

...

Heathens.


Jay Leno has a lot of car. L.A. has a lot of building. There are 50 state in the United States. Do you say this?

Why not?

...

Heretic.
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2005-02-14, 8:47 AM #54
Again, from Lego.com

Quote:
Question: What is the plural form of "LEGO"? Is it LEGO? Or LEGOs?

Answer: LEGO is a trademark name and not a noun. So, the correct plural would be "LEGO bricks".

-Olav Krøigaard, LEGO Designer


'LEGOs' would refer to several companies called 'LEGO'.

Even if you're using 'lego' as a noun to refer to LEGO products, the plural would never be 'legos', for two reasons.

Firstly, it would have to be 'legoes' or 'leggoes'. You don't say 'radios', or 'potatos', or 'afros'. The plural form of -o is -oes.

Secondly, 'Lego' is a mass noun, like 'money' or 'cheese' or 'bacteria'. 'Lego' is not a countable noun, even though the root of everything is the irreducible brick; you build with an amount of Lego, not a number of 'legoes'.
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2005-02-14, 9:51 AM #55
omq.

I have many afros.

¬_¬
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2005-02-14, 1:43 PM #56
All you grammar nazies are wierd. I've never heard a kid say he/she was going to play with their "lego". The question is what you say, not what is correct to say. I highly doubt most of you ran around as five year olds saying you were going to play with your Lego. :p
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2005-02-14, 1:46 PM #57
...I did.

I've always said lego... as did all my friends.
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2005-02-14, 1:51 PM #58
Quote:
Originally posted by JediHunter_X
Legos. I don't really care if it's "correct" or not, it's what I've said all my life, and what I'll continue to say.
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2005-02-14, 2:04 PM #59
Quote:
Originally posted by Wookie06
All you grammar nazies are wierd. I've never heard a kid say he/she was going to play with their "lego". The question is what you say, not what is correct to say. I highly doubt most of you ran around as five year olds saying you were going to play with your Lego. :p



'legos' is an exclusively American phenomenon.
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2005-02-14, 2:32 PM #60
Quote:
Originally posted by Wookie06
All you grammar nazies are wierd. I've never heard a kid say he/she was going to play with their "lego". The question is what you say, not what is correct to say. I highly doubt most of you ran around as five year olds saying you were going to play with your Lego. :p


nazies = Nazis
wierd = weird
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2005-02-14, 2:37 PM #61
Quote:
Originally posted by clan ruthervain
i'm english and we;re all speaking the ENGLISH language so what I say GOES ya dig?

Its Lego, big dummy!!!


Please. The English language hasn't actually belonged to you guys for at least a century.
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2005-02-14, 2:42 PM #62
Lego......... with an s :D
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2005-02-14, 3:08 PM #63
This is the first time I ever heard of anyone calling them simply "Lego." How odd.
2005-02-14, 3:12 PM #64
Quote:
Originally posted by Wuss
This is the first time I ever heard of anyone calling them simply "Lego." How odd.


HOW ABOUT ON TEH BOCKS!? YSE TEH BOCKS
2005-02-14, 3:24 PM #65
Quote:
Originally posted by Mort-Hog
'LEGOs' would refer to several companies called 'LEGO'.

Even if you're using 'lego' as a noun to refer to LEGO products, the plural would never be 'legos', for two reasons.

Firstly, it would have to be 'legoes' or 'leggoes'. You don't say 'radios', or 'potatos', or 'afros'. The plural form of -o is -oes.

Secondly, 'Lego' is a mass noun, like 'money' or 'cheese' or 'bacteria'. 'Lego' is not a countable noun, even though the root of everything is the irreducible brick; you build with an amount of Lego, not a number of 'legoes'.

QFT

....except for bacteria. That's not actually a mass noun; it's the plural of bacterium.
2005-02-14, 3:27 PM #66
You're all wrong. It's "Logo"
This is retarded, and I mean drooling at the mouth
2005-02-14, 3:33 PM #67
Aaah, reading this thread has made me forget which way I used to say it. :[
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2005-02-14, 3:50 PM #68
Well, everyone except for Americans says "Lego", so obviously that's the correct way. I mean, you yanks can't even spell.... ("colour", "favourite"...)
Stuff
2005-02-14, 5:31 PM #69
Oh, come on! You are pulling my leg. Next you will be telling me that the proper spelling of "center" is "centre" or something crazy like that.
2005-02-14, 6:30 PM #70
BTW: Alumin i um.
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2005-02-14, 6:33 PM #71
Americans spell some words differently than Britains. It's not a difficult concept.
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2005-02-14, 6:38 PM #72
Quote:
Originally posted by Wolfy
LEGOS
LEGOS
LEGOS
LEGOS
LEGOS
LEGOS
LEGOS
LEGOS
LEGOS


Aaaiiiee! It burns!

/me dies.
So sayest the Writer of Silly Things!
2005-02-14, 6:41 PM #73
This is kinda like how I chew Orbit gum. And even though it plainly says "Orbit" on the package, I called it "Orbits"


But you know what, no matter what I called it, it still tasted good.


So, WHO GIVES A CRAP IF IT HAS AN "S" OR NOT!!!! JUST PLAY WITH IT, YOU GRAMMAR HITLERS!!!!!!!
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2005-02-14, 6:48 PM #74
To the people quoting other objects that are pluralized by throwing an s on the end, I say this:

Don't be ridiculous, that argument doesn't hold much ground in the screwed up english language. Sure, you wouldn't say I have lots of car, or I like book. However, there are plenty of words that are the same singular as plural. I raise deer. I collect money. etc.
And of course, there are phrases where you use the singular version of the word, even though more than one could be implied.I'm loading paper into the printer. I am cooking lunch for the three of them. You don't usually pluralize these words, do you?

That's not to say that I haven't fallen into the bad habit of saying LEGOs. But I do know what it's supposed to be deep down.
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2005-02-14, 7:07 PM #75
Quote:
Originally posted by Acharjay
BTW: Alumin i um.


"You say 'erbs', and we say 'herbs', because there's a ****ing 'H' in it!"
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2005-02-14, 7:07 PM #76
The most slaughtered plural word in the English language is datum. Yes, data is singular and datum is plural. Good luck finding anyone who gives a damn anymore besides me and possibly gbk.
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2005-02-14, 7:12 PM #77
Quote:
Originally posted by Freelancer
The most slaughtered plural word in the English language is datum. Yes, data is singular and datum is plural. Good luck finding anyone who gives a damn anymore besides me and possibly gbk.


Add my computer science instructor to that list... a few days ago, he was talking about a "non-empty full tree"... computer science types seem to get hung up on terminology a lot.
Stuff
2005-02-14, 7:22 PM #78
That reminds me of my three primary pet-peeves about computer science types: terminology; buzzwords such as solution, quality, etc.; and acronyms.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-02-14, 7:24 PM #79
Quote:
Originally posted by Wolfy
"You say 'erbs', and we say 'herbs', because there's a ****ing 'H' in it!"



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-Calvin
2005-02-14, 7:38 PM #80
LEGOs. there. now theres no copy right issues. unless there is some fake company named LEGOs where everything is capital except for the last s. (this is a res ponse to the person who pasted that dealy and said lego discourages the use of the term 'legos')
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