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Related discussion about the durability of Lego posted a few months ago on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5040545 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id
by tragomaskhalos 14y ago
Related discussion about the durability of Lego posted a few months ago on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5040545 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5040545
PS: One of those strange and seemingly random usage differences between British and American English is the latter's use of a plural, "Legos" (or perhaps more accurate to say, use of the word "Lego" to denote "a Lego piece" with resultant plural), which is never used in the UK and always sounds odd to my ear (British Lego being like sheep ...)
- dsr_ 14y agoIt's LEGO-fan usage more than British/American difference. A fan always says "I play with LEGO, this is a LEGO brick, hand me some of that LEGO" whereas a casual user might say "Scoop up some of those LEGOs; I play with LEGOs."
- aardvark179 14y agoIt may be a fan usage thing in American English, but I've never heard any British person talk about LEGOs.
- octotoad 14y agoYeah, I've never heard anybody in Australia say "LEGOs". It's always been an American thing to me. Also, depending on the particular American accent involved, I often find the pronunciation quite unusual. Sounds more like "lay-goes" than "leh-goes", similar to the way some Americans pronounce the word "leg".
- gvb 14y agoLEGO(r) says it is "LEGO bricks", never "LEGOs". See the section Proper Use of the LEGO Trademark on a Web Site http://aboutus.lego.com/en-us/legal-notice/fair-play/ http://aboutus.lego.com/en-us/legal-notice/fair-play/