Poll: Lego vs Legos

[RIGorous1]

Originally posted by: Rainsford

Originally posted by: silverpig
Do you also say: "I'm going out to drink some beers," or "I'm going out to drink some beer."

Beer!=Lego

1 Lego is a Lego, 2 or more is Legos. End of story

FUZZY MATH

1 beer = 1 lego
2 beers = 2 legos
4 beers = legolas

 

[Injury]

You wouldn't say I played with my hot wheel if you were referring to a number of the toy cars, you'd say hot wheels. Same goes for LEGOS.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Injury
You wouldn't say I played with my hot wheel if you were referring to a number of the toy cars, you'd say hot wheels. Same goes for LEGOS.

Look on the package. It doesn't evey say hot wheel. It says hot wheels cause cars have like... 4 wheels.

So they add an s because of multiple wheels. Lego never sells single brick sets, yet they call their stuff Lego.

 

[Shawn]

legos

 

[So]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: Injury
You wouldn't say I played with my hot wheel if you were referring to a number of the toy cars, you'd say hot wheels. Same goes for LEGOS.

Look on the package. It doesn't evey say hot wheel. It says hot wheels cause cars have like... 4 wheels.

So they add an s because of multiple wheels. Lego never sells single brick sets, yet they call their stuff Lego.

Not quite. They call them 'lego sets' aor a bunch of legos 'lego bricks' -- tacitly acknowledging that they have to pluralize somehow.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: Injury
You wouldn't say I played with my hot wheel if you were referring to a number of the toy cars, you'd say hot wheels. Same goes for LEGOS.

Look on the package. It doesn't evey say hot wheel. It says hot wheels cause cars have like... 4 wheels.

So they add an s because of multiple wheels. Lego never sells single brick sets, yet they call their stuff Lego.

Not quite. They call them 'lego sets' aor a bunch of legos 'lego bricks' -- tacitly acknowledging that they have to pluralize somehow.

Looks like it just says lego to me

 

[Shawn]

speaking of legos, anyone remember duplos?

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Quote from their site:

" ...I had quite a big collection of LEGO bricks, and my friends and I made all kinds of fantastic models..."

Google searches:
Lego - 5740000
Legos - 497000

I bet you a million bucks the guy actually wrote "collection of legos", and some guy working for the company changed it.

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: Supercharged
speaking of legos, anyone remember duplos?

thats duplo to you, bitch!

 

[zayened]

Originally posted by: anxi80
its 'lego'. during my orientation at legoland, they explicitly told us it was 'lego' and not 'legos'. if you are describing more than once piece, it was called 'lego bricks'. what a bunch of anal retentive bastards huh? they were dead serious too.

YOU WORKED AT LEGO?!?!?!?!

 

[So]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: Injury
You wouldn't say I played with my hot wheel if you were referring to a number of the toy cars, you'd say hot wheels. Same goes for LEGOS.

Look on the package. It doesn't evey say hot wheel. It says hot wheels cause cars have like... 4 wheels.

So they add an s because of multiple wheels. Lego never sells single brick sets, yet they call their stuff Lego.

Not quite. They call them 'lego sets' aor a bunch of legos 'lego bricks' -- tacitly acknowledging that they have to pluralize somehow.

Looks like it just says lego to me

Looks like it just says ford to me

LEGO is the brand name. They NEVER say 'Lego are' they say 'Lego bricks are' ergo, Lego is by definition singular. People are lazy and they simply created a plural form of the adjective/noun lego in order to skip the second word, now despite what the company says, it is correct.

Even lego's corporate page does not say lego are

Nor have any of the 'workers' or 'locals' on this board claimed that 'I have 87 lego' is correct. The company tells everyone the correct form is '87 lego bricks'

 

[xcript]

Legos?

Bahahahahahahaha..

 

[dfi]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: silverpig
Do you also say: "I'm going out to drink some beers," or "I'm going out to drink some beer."

"beer" is a liquid which doesn't subdivide into blocks of discrete shape and volume.

But both forms are correct, depending on whether you are talking about the container ("I had 6 beers"=6 cans of beer), or the liquid itself.

For legos, it's plural.

Beer is a liquid which comes in discrete portions. 1 beer, 2 beers etc.

I enjoy drinking beer. I enjoy playing with lego.

Lego is the brand name for the toy, not the name of the individual bricks.

I also can't find a single instance of Legos with an s anywhere on the lego website.

LEGO and the LEGO logo are trademarks of the LEGO Group.

*shrug*

Beer may come in discrete portions, but not uniform portions. Would you say you had "a beer" when you drank a keg's worth? It's for this same reason that I would say "I drank some water", since water does not come in any uniform portions. Now, if I was tring to describe discrete, uniform portions, I might say "give me 2 waters" or "give me 2 beers".

Lego is both the brand of the toy company and individual toy blocks. It's not like a car, where you might have a viper, by dodge.

Thus, I say "legos".

dfi

 

[ViRGE]

Lego is both singular and plural officially(think "fish"), so Lego.

 

[GoingUp]

legos and they frickin rock!

 

[Martin]

Both, depending on the context. Legos when refering to many blocks, Lego when referign to brand name/whole product.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Lego is both singular and plural officially(think "fish"), so Lego.

No, it isn't read the thread. Officially lego is a singular noun or adjective. Unofficially, it is both singualr and plural in its nominal (noun) form.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Lego is both singular and plural officially(think "fish"), so Lego.

No, it isn't read the thread. Officially lego is a singular noun or adjective. Unofficially, it is both singualr and plural in its nominal (noun) form.

Quit making things up.

LEGO's name has become so synonymous with their flagship toy that many use the words "LEGO" or "LEGOs" to refer to the bricks themselves, and even to any plastic bricks resembling LEGO bricks, although the LEGO company discourages such dilution of their trademark name (see trademark). LEGO catalogues in the 1970s and 1980s contained a note that read:

The word LEGO® 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.

"LEGO" is officially written in all uppercase letters.

Link

 

[Crazymofo]

I see your point but really its necessary to pluralize the word in the proper situation.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Lego is both singular and plural officially(think "fish"), so Lego.

No, it isn't read the thread. Officially lego is a singular noun or adjective. Unofficially, it is both singualr and plural in its nominal (noun) form.

Quit making things up.

LEGO's name has become so synonymous with their flagship toy that many use the words "LEGO" or "LEGOs" to refer to the bricks themselves, and even to any plastic bricks resembling LEGO bricks, although the LEGO company discourages such dilution of their trademark name (see trademark). LEGO catalogues in the 1970s and 1980s contained a note that read:

The word LEGO® 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.

"LEGO" is officially written in all uppercase letters.

Link

Exactly! If you read an comprehend my post, this completely confirms it. LEGO is not the plural of lego! Further, LEGO company admist that most people say 'legos'

Don't accuse me of making up stuff when:

A. I have links to prove my point.
B. Your own links support my position.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Lego is both singular and plural officially(think "fish"), so Lego.

No, it isn't read the thread. Officially lego is a singular noun or adjective. Unofficially, it is both singualr and plural in its nominal (noun) form.

Quit making things up.

LEGO's name has become so synonymous with their flagship toy that many use the words "LEGO" or "LEGOs" to refer to the bricks themselves, and even to any plastic bricks resembling LEGO bricks, although the LEGO company discourages such dilution of their trademark name (see trademark). LEGO catalogues in the 1970s and 1980s contained a note that read:

The word LEGO® 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.

"LEGO" is officially written in all uppercase letters.

Link

Exactly! If you read an comprehend my post, this completely confirms it. LEGO is not the plural of lego! Further, LEGO company admist that most people say 'legos'

Don't accuse me of making up stuff when:

A. I have links to prove my point.
B. Your own links support my position.

Yes, the company says people make stuff up, but it's not correct. Key phrase: People make stuff up. Secondary phrase: It's not correct.

Please always refer to our bricks as 'LEGO Bricks or Toys' and not 'LEGOS.'

They invented the word, they say how it's used.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Lego is both singular and plural officially(think "fish"), so Lego.

No, it isn't read the thread. Officially lego is a singular noun or adjective. Unofficially, it is both singualr and plural in its nominal (noun) form.

Quit making things up.

LEGO's name has become so synonymous with their flagship toy that many use the words "LEGO" or "LEGOs" to refer to the bricks themselves, and even to any plastic bricks resembling LEGO bricks, although the LEGO company discourages such dilution of their trademark name (see trademark). LEGO catalogues in the 1970s and 1980s contained a note that read:

The word LEGO® 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.

"LEGO" is officially written in all uppercase letters.

Link

Exactly! If you read an comprehend my post, this completely confirms it. LEGO is not the plural of lego! Further, LEGO company admist that most people say 'legos'

Don't accuse me of making up stuff when:

A. I have links to prove my point.
B. Your own links support my position.

Yes, the company says people make stuff up, but it's not correct. Key phrase: People make stuff up. Secondary phrase: It's not correct.

Please always refer to our bricks as 'LEGO Bricks or Toys' and not 'LEGOS.'

They invented the word, they say how it's used.

1. They invented the word, now it's out in the wild, they have no control over it any more, no matter what you want the case to be.

2. You've once again repeated my point LEGO is not the plural of LEGO, there is no 'official' plural form. You have to pluralize the word bricks and then use the adjectival form of LEGO.

 

[silverpig]

Hahaha. They so DO have control over it.

"LEGO and the LEGO logo are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2005 The LEGO Group."

 

[So]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Hahaha. They so DO have control over it.

"LEGO and the LEGO logo are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2005 The LEGO Group."

Wow....what hubris.

They own it...so? That doesn't mean they control it. Clearly your poll shows they do not.

 

[silverpig]

They own the word. They can't control who says what, but they can dictate how it can be used. And they say that LEGOS should not exist.

People could walk around calling you Janet and you don't have any control over them doing it, but it doesn't make it your name.