Capn Frank Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 There's no "all of the above" option on the poll X-D Here's how i write lego: LEGO (when i'm screaming it) Lego (when i feel like being proper) lego (when i'm whispering it or being lazy) Here's how i use lego in plural: Lego's, lego's, LEGO's (when i want to type as little as possible) legos, Legos, LEGOs (when i type as little as possible and can't find the apostrophe) lego bricks (when i feel like being semi-proper) Lego bricks (when i'm really proper) lego pieces (when i don't know if i mean pieces of bricks or just bricks) Quote
rexcal Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 All of the above are fine, EXCEPT for LEGO's which is a blatant misuse of the apostrophe (see point 3 on the link) and is therefore an evil abomination which must be stamped out immediately! ;-) Does no-one teach punctuation in school any more? That's exactly what I thought when rading the given options. You see people messing up apostrophes all the time... In german language it shouldn't even be used after a genitive, only exception are words ending on "s" anyway. But as I said: You see it used incorrectly all the time... Quote
alex54 Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 It's not a mater for me. If someboy understand, the fact that we write LEGO, Lego or lego is not really important, even if normally we have to write it LEGO. And for the plural, I don't know how I write it... Quote
Optimax X Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 Lego or lego and for plural i just say lego bricks. Quote
exo attack Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 Wow you guys are sticklers :-P For plural I say legos Or Lego. ( Like you can say fish or fishes for the plural of fish ) Quote
DoubleT Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 If you spell it with a L.... an E...... a G.. and O then im happy ;-) This is a silly topic he he Quote
PaulC Posted February 23, 2007 Posted February 23, 2007 There's no "all of the above" option on the poll X-DI thought that too!Here's how i write lego:LEGO (when i'm screaming it) Lego (when i feel like being proper) lego (when i'm whispering it or being lazy) Here's how i use lego in plural: Lego's, lego's, LEGO's (when i want to type as little as possible) legos, Legos, LEGOs (when i type as little as possible and can't find the apostrophe) lego bricks (when i feel like being semi-proper) Lego bricks (when i'm really proper) lego pieces (when i don't know if i mean pieces of bricks or just bricks) Heh heh, sorry Phred, I'm going to use you as an example here, just in case my previous post wasn't crystal clear:legos, Legos, LEGOS is what you should use when you want to type as little as possible and BE CORRECT IN YOUR USE OF ENGLISH. lego's, Lego's, LEGO's is just WRONG WRONG WRONG. It doesn't matter if you come from the US, the UK, or any other country that uses English as its main language, the apostrophe is NEVER used on a plural. Tut. *sad* Quote
Capn Frank Posted February 23, 2007 Posted February 23, 2007 If you spell it with a L.... an E...... a G.. and O then im happy ;-) This is a silly topic he he Yeah, tis true :-) ...Heh heh, sorry Phred, I'm going to use you as an example here, just in case my previous post wasn't crystal clear: legos, Legos, LEGOS is what you should use when you want to type as little as possible and BE CORRECT IN YOUR USE OF ENGLISH. lego's, Lego's, LEGO's is just WRONG WRONG WRONG. It doesn't matter if you come from the US, the UK, or any other country that uses English as its main language, the apostrophe is NEVER used on a plural. Tut. *sad* No problem Paul, Good thing i'm not an english major in college then ;-) X-D You're probably right. Maybe the Laws of English will change to the way i write someday and we won't have to worry about that anymore :-| P Quote
Commander Xalax Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 Yeah, LEGO is how you should right it. It reminds me of L.E.G.O. Radio. Quote
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