Re:Mac Plus made of legos at 1:1 scale
by eyelidlessness on Sunday April 18, 2021 @07:07PM
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Since this is a post about both a Lego thing and an Apple thing (both of which make products I’m fond of), is this like when Apple insists on omitting articles (“iPod” vs “an iPod” etc) when referencing their products? I’ve always understood Lego to be the brand but also the common reference to Lego bricks, never even knew there was a distinction until today. Like another person downthread, I’ve only ever heard “Legos” used for the plural.
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It's just an (North?) American thing - in the UK/Europe Lego is the proper noun company name, and adjectivally describes the brick or bricks.
Nobody says 'a lego' or 'some legos'; but similarly in the US I imagine you'd get a funny look (you'd never heard it before, after all) for saying 'a Lego brick' or 'some Lego bricks'.
(Actually, for anyone actually using Lego(s?), surely the real answer is that you speak in terms of their dimensions: 'a 2x4'; 'some 1x1s'..?!)
Re:Mac Plus made of legos at 1:1 scale
by eyelidlessness on Monday April 19, 2021 @12:19AM
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Okay? There are a lot of American things I’d like to change. This falls far below my desire to say “maths” and much further below things that are actually impacting people’s lives.