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Re:Why walking on Legos hurts more than walking on fire or i... by samloveshummus on Friday July 08, 2022 @07:32AM (#32025755)
That's not exactly right; in British English and other dialects that don't say "legos", we don't have a plural of "lego" because we treat it grammatically as a "mass noun" just like "furniture", "spaghetti" and "advice".

"Legos" sounds wrong to us not because we care about the brand identity, but for the same reason that it sounds dopey to say "I love your furnitures", "These spaghettis are tasty" or "let me give you two advices".

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Re:Why walking on Legos hurts more than walking on fire or i... by mos_basik on Friday July 08, 2022 @08:07PM (#32029766)
Huh. Wonder what kinds of forces drive the pluralization (or lack thereof) of nouns in English dialects? Your comment reminded me of another one that sounds odd to my American ears: "maths," as in "Tommy's always been very sharp at maths."
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Re:Why walking on Legos hurts more than walking on fire or i... by Handytinge on Sunday July 17, 2022 @02:35PM (#32129671)
Oh yeah, Americans saying maths wrong really grinds my gears. Why use a singular? It's not short for mathamatic!
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