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In the UK, “Lego” is treated as a mass noun, whereas the U.S. always seems to treat it as countable, “Legos”. Historically “pease” was a mass noun, before it b
by grey_earthling 4y ago
In the UK, “Lego” is treated as a mass noun, whereas the U.S. always seems to treat it as countable, “Legos”.
Historically “pease” was a mass noun, before it became the countable noun “peas”.
Drinks can be either, if the unit is assumable: “much water”; “3 waters” (meaning 3 bottles of water).
I suspect that “sheep” and “fish” are behaving the same way, like “cattle”.
- Hamuko 4y ago>In the UK, “Lego” is treated as a mass noun, whereas the U.S. always seems to treat it as countable, “Legos”. Both of those are incorrect as far as the LEGO Group is concerned. "The Trademark must always be written in capital letters. The LEGO name is always spelled in all capital letters and the bricks (and/or elements) must always be referred to as “LEGO bricks” (or “LEGO elements”) – never “LEGOs” or “legos”."
- dasil003 3y agoAs the cofounder of a streaming service with a 4-letter all-caps name that was misspelled 80% of the time in media coverage, I feel their pain. But also, they can pry my legos from my cold dead hands.