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Yeah I was just surprised by the assertion that >"Legos" is clearly in common usage Given that I don't ever hear people using it. Personally I get faintly an
by eigenket 6y ago
Yeah I was just surprised by the assertion that
>"Legos" is clearly in common usage
Given that I don't ever hear people using it.
Personally I get faintly annoyed by people saying "legos" the same as I would by people saying "sheeps" instead of sheep when referring to multiple, although I don't think I've ever corrected anyone over it.
- hprotagonist 6y agoi remember being galled by it in the late 80s, so this debate, at least, has been going on for some time.
- munificent 6y ago> Given that I don't ever hear people using it. I certainly do. The people around you are not a uniform sample of all communities on Earth.
- eigenket 6y agoThat was exactly my point. The guy was saying people shouldn't correct an "incorrect" thing which is in common usage, but I was trying to emphasise that it isn't common usage everywhere.