> My main point here is that you probably don't run around saying LEGO, in all caps, not singular vs plural.
WHAT? DOESN'T EVERYBODY SHOUT WHEN THEY SAY LEGO??
we do when we step on them
Re:Lego Microscope
by frosted-flakes on Friday April 23, 2021 @11:58AM
(#26916073)
I think it's fairly obvious why they want people to refer to them as a brand—they don't want to lose their trademark. If LEGO becomes so generic as to lose its association with the company that created it, then they lose out to all of the copycat companies. Velcro has done the same ("hook and loop, one side's a hook, the other's a loop"...).
Yeah I was just surprised by the assertion that
>"Legos" is clearly in common usage
Given that I don't ever hear people using it.
Personally I get faintly annoyed by people saying "legos" the same as I would by people saying "sheeps" instead of sheep when referring to multiple, although I don't think I've ever corrected anyone over it.
Re:Lego Microscope
by munificent on Friday April 23, 2021 @12:43PM
(#26916551)
> Given that I don't ever hear people using it.
I certainly do. The people around you are not a uniform sample of all communities on Earth.
That was exactly my point. The guy was saying people shouldn't correct an "incorrect" thing which is in common usage, but I was trying to emphasise that it isn't common usage everywhere.
Re:Lego Microscope
by hprotagonist on Friday April 23, 2021 @12:25PM
(#26916338)
i remember being galled by it in the late 80s, so this debate, at least, has been going on for some time.
I understand why the LEGO corporation does it, but it's their problem, not ours, and we don't really need unpaid lego consultants running around lecturing people about the "correct" way to refer to them.