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bdwing
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Why does Google Chrome spell-check my userid? I know it's not a word. It's not supposed to be a word.

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Because you're spell checking your username field, which you really shouldn't be doing.

02-12-2010 at 07:23 PM
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Whenever someone say "LEGOs". The pural is LEGO.
LEGO YOU SIMPLE MINDED FOOLS! LIKE SHEEP! WOULD YOU SAY SHEEPS?

Um, sorry for that ;)

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02-12-2010 at 08:30 PM
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hyperme wrote:
Whenever someone say "LEGOs". The pural is LEGO.
This site gave me this little tidbit:
One catalogue, dated 1980, has the following on its back page:

Dear Parents and Children

The word LEGO(R) is a brand name and is very special to all of us in the LEGO Group Companies. We would sincerely like your help in keeping it special. Please always refer to our bricks as 'LEGO Bricks or Toys' and not 'LEGOS.' By doing so, you will be helping to protect and preserve a brand of which we are very proud and that stands for quality the world over. Thank you!

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02-12-2010 at 08:43 PM
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SHEEPLE!

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02-12-2010 at 09:43 PM
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You know what, RoboBob's post makes me feel all the more justified in not caring about irregular plurals.

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02-12-2010 at 10:01 PM
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hyperme wrote:
The pural is LEGO.
For such a classic product, it should really be LEGOI.
02-12-2010 at 10:14 PM
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Znirk wrote:
hyperme wrote:
The pural is LEGO.
For such a classic product, it should really be LEGOI.
"Legoi" is the plural of "Legos". "Legi" is the plural of "Lego". See, and there's my personal peeve: people who can't keep track simple rules of foreign plurals. Obviously Lego should be pluralized in the standard Italian manner, seeing as how it's Danish.
02-12-2010 at 10:44 PM
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Tahnan wrote:
Znirk wrote:
hyperme wrote:
The pural is LEGO.
For such a classic product, it should really be LEGOI.
"Legoi" is the plural of "Legos". "Legi" is the plural of "Lego". See, and there's my personal peeve: people who can't keep track simple rules of foreign plurals. Obviously Lego should be pluralized in the standard Italian manner, seeing as how it's Danish.
Well, you've certainly convinced me!

(Pet peeve: The lack of sarcasm in use on an everyday basis.)

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02-13-2010 at 12:15 AM
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But wouldn't that break the consistent breaking of that rule?
02-13-2010 at 01:44 PM
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