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Pixie Reply #20 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 20, 2006, 08:09:39 PM
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I agree with PuPP.
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sinic Reply #21 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 20, 2006, 08:16:00 PM
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Subject: 7) Plural of LEGO
While most people point out that they just say LEGOs, lunatic@netcom.com (Lunatic Johnathan Bruce E'Sex) dug out:

One catalogue, dated 1980, has the following on its back page:

    Dear Parents and Children
    The word LEGO(R) is a brand name and is very special to all of us in the LEGO Group Companies. We would sincerely like your help in keeping it special. Please always refer to our bricks as 'LEGO Bricks or Toys' and not 'LEGOS.' By doing so, you will be helping to protect and preserve a brand of which we are very proud and that stands for quality the world over. Thank you!

        Susan Williams
        Consumer Services (Susan's name is a pseudonym for the service dptmt.)

Matthew Miller, mattdm@mattdm.org, added:
The above quote from the catalog is often cited as evidence for "Lego" as the proper plural, but in fact that is misreading it. Trademark law in the US at least is easiest if the trademark is used as an _adjective_. The point they're trying to make is that you should say "LEGO Bricks", rather than calling the product itself either "Legos" _or_ "Lego".

In fact, they seem to assume that "LEGOS" is the natural plural, since that's the only one they bother to correct. So, in formal usage, both "Lego" and "Legos" are wrong. To me, that means people shouldn't make such a big deal about it in informal use!

So there.  We're ALL wrong!
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Vel Reply #22 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 20, 2006, 08:18:19 PM
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My LEGO Bricks are offended by your collective improper pluralization!
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Connor Goodman Reply #23 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 20, 2006, 09:22:22 PM
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Lego is more correct than Legos though.

Besides "Legos" just sounds stupid.
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Peebs Reply #24 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 20, 2006, 09:24:13 PM
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Quote from: Voice on April 20, 2006, 09:22:22 PM
Besides "Legos" just sounds stupid.

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Connor Goodman Reply #25 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 20, 2006, 09:26:41 PM
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You heard me, punk.  Wink
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S_C Reply #26 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 20, 2006, 09:46:16 PM
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The plural of Lego in my house was always Lego.

And any small building blocls of a similar design were called Lego, too, regardless of what company made them.
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Pixie Reply #27 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 20, 2006, 10:10:47 PM
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See, that's people from THREE whole countries saying Lego rather than legos. We win. Wink

And legos does sound stupid. Cheesy
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toranoraneko Reply #28 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 20, 2006, 10:54:29 PM
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A lonely chord, without a song.

   Peebs, I always said Legos too...
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Pixie Reply #29 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 20, 2006, 10:56:24 PM
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It's an American thing. And, of course, Americans love doing things differently to the rest of the world.

^_^
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Sanya Reply #30 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 20, 2006, 11:40:13 PM
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Put on your skates; its Roller-Jihad!
Of my 350x500 girls. Smile
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Pixie Reply #31 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 20, 2006, 11:43:34 PM
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She's back to make the rest of us look terrible. Wink

Fantastic as always, Sanya. Smile
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K Reply #32 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 21, 2006, 04:59:05 AM
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Quote from: Beldaran on April 20, 2006, 10:56:24 PM
It's an American thing. And, of course, Americans love doing things differently to the rest of the world.

^_^

Hey, Britain! How's that Euro thing coming? That's super.

*tweaks Pixie's nose*

Love it, Sanya. That sylized realism thing really works for you. And also, awesome avatar!
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Zahnnie Reply #33 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 21, 2006, 05:54:07 AM
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I *heart* pie (sexily).
LEGOS!
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Sparky Reply #34 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 21, 2006, 07:42:29 AM
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Leggo my Eggo!

...mmmmmmmmm...eggos....
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machiavelli33 Reply #35 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 21, 2006, 07:47:43 AM
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Quote from: Sanya on April 20, 2006, 11:40:13 PM
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Darrel Reply #36 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 21, 2006, 12:46:57 PM
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Woah. Very cool stuff.
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Gudy Reply #37 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 21, 2006, 03:20:14 PM
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Sanya, this looks great!

sinic, I couldn't make heads or tails of the pictures alone. But (perhaps with the help of the pictures?) I made sense of the explanatory text on the first read-through. So there.
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Lorelei Reply #38 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 21, 2006, 07:14:25 PM
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I have persimmons.
This one is old, but it's the only decent finished piece I have. Everything else is still in sketch stage.
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TGU Reply #39 in Re: Deviant Art 2 — Posted April 21, 2006, 08:55:28 PM
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So I've been considering (for a while now, really) doing my own webcomic.  I'd sketched a few characters and thought of some gags, and finally today I sat down and drew up the first strip.  And it looks HORRIBLE.  I shall re-draw it later.  But I enjoy the joke too much to keep it away from you guys.

So behold, the first strip of The Quote Board:


The conversation is based directly off comments made by my father last night.

ETA: Oh dear.  That's quite a bit larger than it's supposed to be.  Stupid scanner, what part of "100%" do you not understand??  Umm...I am computer illiterate, please tell me how to rescale images.
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