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Neon
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Why do Americans always pluralize Lego? Lego is a thing, it is not a collection of things. You buy lego in a box or bag, you pour the lego onto the floor, then you put the lego together. It's like sand - technically sand is made up of individual grains, but no one says "sands" referring to a pile of sand. Same with lego. It's made of individual bricks, but it's simply called lego, singular.
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| Posted: Thu, 23rd Aug 2012 10:43 Post subject: |
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Because a lot of people refer to the brick itself as a lego. In your analogy: Sand = Lego, Grain = Lego (Lego brick), Grains = Legos
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Thu, 23rd Aug 2012 12:30 Post subject: |
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Testing the waters, I guess.
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Neon
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sTo0z
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| Posted: Thu, 23rd Aug 2012 17:14 Post subject: |
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lmao goddamn, never seen so much TOLD in a thread before, so fast.
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