Poll: Lego vs Legos

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: SithSolo1
Keep this going, we are already 7th on google! Heh

we dropped to 8th But i say legos, and when i play with them, i usually say what it is im looking for, like, a round green disc or whatever

 

[quakefiend420]

the things we will sit and argue about...for days no less...







































legos

 

[elbosco]

lego my eggo.

 

[tranceport]

I bet you eat EGGO huh...

 

[So]

Originally posted by: forpey

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
It might be technically correct, but saying "I played with Lego" just doesn't sound right.... it's Legos. It might be a bastardization of the word, but that's what EVERYONE I know says, and that's what I say, and I'm not going to change just because the Lego company says I'm wrong.... if anything, the "customer is always right," correct?

You don't have to change. Just know that your wrong.

Lego is both singular and plural. If people find this so strange, remember the English language is the stupidist.

No, lego is not plural. I can'te believe people are still arguing because the'ye two lazy to read the first 90 or so posts, and make totally baseless assertions.

I thought we were done with this topic days ago guys.

To summarize.

Lego is a proper noun, by definition it can ONLY be signular. The LEGO company therefore wants people to say 'lego bricks'

anyone who directly refers to the blocks as lego are WRONG, further, we came to the consensus that the word has been bastardized (reasonably, since nobody says 'lego bricks') to lego as the singular for a lego brick and legos for multiple bricks in the US. In continental europe, it was claimed, to be lego for both singular and plural.

to summarize for the lazy:

------------ official company line -|- americans -|- europeans

singular:-- lego brick ------------| - lego---------|- lego
plural:----- lego bricks -----------| - legos-------| - lego

neither of these bastardizations are right, but if you say 'give me those lego' in amrica you'll get a weird look to say the least.

 

[revnja]

I played with Legos.

 

[Kasper4christ]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420
the things we will sit and argue about...for days no less...







































legos

 

[knyghtbyte]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: forpey

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
It might be technically correct, but saying "I played with Lego" just doesn't sound right.... it's Legos. It might be a bastardization of the word, but that's what EVERYONE I know says, and that's what I say, and I'm not going to change just because the Lego company says I'm wrong.... if anything, the "customer is always right," correct?

You don't have to change. Just know that your wrong.

Lego is both singular and plural. If people find this so strange, remember the English language is the stupidist.

No, lego is not plural. I can'te believe people are still arguing because the'ye two lazy to read the first 90 or so posts, and make totally baseless assertions.

I thought we were done with this topic days ago guys.

To summarize.

Lego is a proper noun, by definition it can ONLY be signular. The LEGO company therefore wants people to say 'lego bricks'

anyone who directly refers to the blocks as lego are WRONG, further, we came to the consensus that the word has been bastardized (reasonably, since nobody says 'lego bricks') to lego as the singular for a lego brick and legos for multiple bricks in the US. In continental europe, it was claimed, to be lego for both singular and plural.

to summarize for the lazy:

------------ official company line -|- americans -|- europeans

singular:-- lego brick ------------| - lego---------|- lego
plural:----- lego bricks -----------| - legos-------| - lego

neither of these bastardizations are right, but if you say 'give me those lego' in amrica you'll get a weird look to say the least.

just to be picky (hehe) its called the English language, and im English and we say Lego as singular or plural for the product, for individual bricks or pieces we say brick, bricks, bit, bits, piece or pieces (eg, give me those pieces of lego, not give me those legos)......
its not called the American Language except by software manufacturers who like to put '(US) English' in the install process. And thats supposedly meant to be due to the keyboard layout........hmmmm.....
Or is it merely an attempt to slowly remove the word English and replace it with the word American, but craftily so as to stop us preventing it from happening?
oh i do love a good conspiracy thought early in the day...lol

 

[gshock888]

LEGGO my LEGOS!

 

[sao123]

I think it should be called the American Language.
Afterall, we do not speak the same as those in England...

 

[TheWart]

LEGO, no "s"

 

[daveshel]

When a noun ends with 'o' the plural is formed by adding -es, so it's legoes.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: silverpig
I say it's called lego. I play with lego. I had lego when I was a kid.

If you have 4 bricks in your hand you say: "Check out this lego," or "I have 4 lego blocks."

Saying I played with legos just sounds wrong.

Originally posted by: silverpig
Beer is a liquid which comes in discrete portions. 1 beer, 2 beers etc.

I enjoy drinking beer. I enjoy playing with lego.

If you were carrying 5 cans of beer in your hand, and I asked you how many beers you had, would you say "I have 5 beer"? Not unless you had already had to many of them you wouldn't.

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

Who the hell would say "I have a big collection of legos bricks"? No one. In that sentence the word lego is being used an adjective not a noun so of course it isn't plural.

And the google searches prove nothing. The brand name is lego, not legos.

 

[Gothgar]

singular, lego

multiple, legi

i.e. look at all these legi I won













j/k

 

[quakefiend420]

"stabs the thread repeatedly....die die die in a fvcking fire!!!!"

 

[PingSpike]

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

Ah yes, lego's retarded half brother.

 

[PingSpike]

After reading the entire thread, apparently the conclusion is everyone is wrong and the Lego corporation houses a bunch of anal retentive asstards.

Anyway, on a lighter note...who LOVES legos? (Lego Bricks (tm)) Man I played with those things a lot as a kid and they were by far my favorite toy. I'd still play with my old collection if I had room in my apartment. But do any of you guys ever look at the new catalogs? New legos are shat! They're all just lame ass starwars model sets. Lame ass. They used to be creative toys that left you with unlimited options, now they just make garbage.

And the new star ways suck too!

 

[gshock888]

i actually collect the star wars minifig. my favorite were the good old city and castle themes. Pirates also rocked. Now it seems like this year they're going back to the roots with more city theme sets. Police from last year, firemen, and even a new Airport (though my Airport set kicks this one's arse)

 

[eakers]

lego is the plural form of lego.

 

[AdamSnow]

When I say "I played with Lego" I say it as if I am talking about the brand...

meh.

 

[sao123]

Futuron vs Blacktron II: the war has begun
Hell yeah!!!

 

[Zanix]

Originally posted by: Colt45
Plural of Lego is still "Lego"

saying legos makes you an incompetent fucktard.

you're the one

 

[frankfan]

Originally posted by: tk149
Googlefight!

I always said "Lego" was both singular and plural, but I guess the company's official line says otherwise.

I wonder how Danish people make singular words plural? Do they also add an "s" to the end of a word, as in English?

I'm a native English speaker but Danes normally make a word plural by adding 'er' to the end of a word. My wife is Danish and she says "LEGO klods" is singular. (They don't normally just call it a LEGO...it's LEGO brick) She says "LEGO klodser" is the plural (LEGO bricks). She says she has NEVER heard LEGOer! (LEGOs)

BTW, Lego is short for the Danish phrase "lege godt" which means "play well". (My wife DID NOT know this!)

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: frankfan

Originally posted by: tk149
Googlefight!

I always said "Lego" was both singular and plural, but I guess the company's official line says otherwise.

I wonder how Danish people make singular words plural? Do they also add an "s" to the end of a word, as in English?

I'm a native English speaker but Danes normally make a word plural by adding 'er' to the end of a word. My wife is Danish and she says "LEGO klods" is singular. (They don't normally just call it a LEGO...it's LEGO brick) She says "LEGO klodser" is the plural (LEGO bricks). She says she has NEVER heard LEGOer! (LEGOs)

BTW, Lego is short for the Danish phrase "lege godt" which means "play well". (My wife DID NOT know this!)

Danish wife eh? Lucky you

She got a sister?


<-- loves the nordic/scandinavian womens

 

[joelslaw]

don't know if anyone said this already, and there is no way I'm wasting as much time reading the last 3 pages as I did the first 3! So here it is:

There is no plural form of LEGO, because LEGO refers to the company/brand (and there is only 1) , not the bricks themselves. The same is also true of in-line skates made by the Rollerblade company, and gellatin <sp> made by the Jello company. However in all of these cases the company became so well known for making that one product that everybody just started refering to them by the name of the comany, ie. LEGOs, Rollerbalds, Jello, etc, etc.

So yes the correct term is LEGO bricks. But you know who cares??? F'ing nobody!!! I know it's improper, but I still call 'em LEGOs. And why shouldn't I? Everyone still understands. So if you wanna say LEGO/LEGO bricks/LEGOs/LEGI (that's really funny)/knobby stacking bricks WHATEVER!!!

Howewer I would like to point out that saying "I played with LEGO" doesn't neccisarily mean you played with the bricks, just means you played w/ something made by the LEGO company. (but do they make anything else? )