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| | | Author: | BrickDude10  | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 13:20 | | Subject: | Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 322 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| You know, everybody, Theres this awesome store in The Dallas/Fort Worth area
called rose bricks. Very nice staff and a great selection of legos there. Highly
recommend it.👍👍👍
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| | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 13:27 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, BrickDude10 writes:
| | You know, everybody, Theres this awesome store in The Dallas/Fort Worth area
called rose bricks. Very nice staff and a great selection of legos there. Highly
recommend it.👍👍👍
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You might want to change your spelling of the plural of LEGO. The plural of LEGO
is LEGO 
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| | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 13:29 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In New Stores, BrickDude10 writes:
| | You know, everybody, Theres this awesome store in The Dallas/Fort Worth area
called rose bricks. Very nice staff and a great selection of legos there. Highly
recommend it.👍👍👍
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You might want to change your spelling of the plural of LEGO. The plural of LEGO
is LEGO
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Anyone else remember this classic on the back of catalogues?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 13:36 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, peregrinator writes:
| | In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In New Stores, BrickDude10 writes:
| | You know, everybody, Theres this awesome store in The Dallas/Fort Worth area
called rose bricks. Very nice staff and a great selection of legos there. Highly
recommend it.👍👍👍
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You might want to change your spelling of the plural of LEGO. The plural of LEGO
is LEGO
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Anyone else remember this classic on the back of catalogues?
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its true as ever!
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | MindAndHand | | Posted: | Feb 17, 2023 10:13 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, peregrinator writes:
| | In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In New Stores, BrickDude10 writes:
| | You know, everybody, Theres this awesome store in The Dallas/Fort Worth area
called rose bricks. Very nice staff and a great selection of legos there. Highly
recommend it.👍👍👍
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You might want to change your spelling of the plural of LEGO. The plural of LEGO
is LEGO
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Anyone else remember this classic on the back of catalogues?
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Yes, and it is still embedded in my brain. Was that post-Samsonite era? Like,
late 1970s?
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| | | | | | | Author: | rylie_aitch | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 13:40 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 82 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In New Stores, BrickDude10 writes:
| | You know, everybody, Theres this awesome store in The Dallas/Fort Worth area
called rose bricks. Very nice staff and a great selection of legos there. Highly
recommend it.👍👍👍
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You might want to change your spelling of the plural of LEGO. The plural of LEGO
is LEGO
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No, you can't pluralize an adjective! It's not "I have lots of LEGO",
but "I have lots of LEGO bricks" 
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 13:46 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, ryanaitch writes:
| | In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In New Stores, BrickDude10 writes:
| | You know, everybody, Theres this awesome store in The Dallas/Fort Worth area
called rose bricks. Very nice staff and a great selection of legos there. Highly
recommend it.👍👍👍
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You might want to change your spelling of the plural of LEGO. The plural of LEGO
is LEGO
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No, you can't pluralize an adjective! It's not "I have lots of LEGO",
but "I have lots of LEGO bricks"
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once you used the word adjective you lost me  but I guess that second one
might be more grammatically correct
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 14:48 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, ryanaitch writes:
| | In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In New Stores, BrickDude10 writes:
| | You know, everybody, Theres this awesome store in The Dallas/Fort Worth area
called rose bricks. Very nice staff and a great selection of legos there. Highly
recommend it.👍👍👍
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You might want to change your spelling of the plural of LEGO. The plural of LEGO
is LEGO
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No, you can't pluralize an adjective! It's not "I have lots of LEGO",
but "I have lots of LEGO bricks"
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Well, it’s not an adjective, it’s a noun. It’s used to qualify another noun
but it’s still a noun 
Now, there’s still no agreement (number (singular/plural), gender…) in English
for nouns used as attributes, so LEGO stays LEGO in “LEGO bricks.”
In French, if LEGO were an adjective, it would have to agree with “briques,”
so it would be plural. But as it’s a noun, it doesn’t. “Briques LEGO.”
As there’s always a language that does things differently than the others, I’m
sure there’s at least one in which a noun agrees/is declined when used as an
attribute.
It’s not that LEGO doesn’t want their brand to follow grammar rules, it’s that
they want to prevent an antonomasia: the use of ‘LEGO’ as a common name for anything
more or less looking like something sold by LEGO, like it happened for klaxon
(car horn), kleenex (tissue), or kärcher (pressure washer).
Is Nubs k. o. yet?
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 14:49 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, SylvainLS writes:
| | In New Stores, ryanaitch writes:
| | In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In New Stores, BrickDude10 writes:
| | You know, everybody, Theres this awesome store in The Dallas/Fort Worth area
called rose bricks. Very nice staff and a great selection of legos there. Highly
recommend it.👍👍👍
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You might want to change your spelling of the plural of LEGO. The plural of LEGO
is LEGO
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No, you can't pluralize an adjective! It's not "I have lots of LEGO",
but "I have lots of LEGO bricks"
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Well, it’s not an adjective, it’s a noun. It’s used to qualify another noun
but it’s still a noun
Now, there’s still no agreement (number (singular/plural), gender…) in English
for nouns used as attributes, so LEGO stays LEGO in “LEGO bricks.”
In French, if LEGO were an adjective, it would have to agree with “briques,”
so it would be plural. But as it’s a noun, it doesn’t. “Briques LEGO.”
As there’s always a language that does things differently than the others, I’m
sure there’s at least one in which a noun agrees/is declined when used as an
attribute.
It’s not that LEGO doesn’t want their brand to follow grammar rules, it’s that
they want to prevent an antonomasia: the use of ‘LEGO’ as a common name for anything
more or less looking like something sold by LEGO, like it happened for klaxon
(car horn), kleenex (tissue), or kärcher (pressure washer).
Is Nubs k. o. yet?
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yah my brain decided to stop reading after the first line and just skip to the
end
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 15:05 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
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yah my brain decided to stop reading after the first line and just skip to the
end
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Dang, you’re too resilient.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 15:16 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, SylvainLS writes:
| | In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | […]
| | Is Nubs k. o. yet?
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yah my brain decided to stop reading after the first line and just skip to the
end
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Dang, you’re too resilient.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | BrickDude10 | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 18:23 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In New Stores, SylvainLS writes:
| | In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | […]
| | Is Nubs k. o. yet?
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yah my brain decided to stop reading after the first line and just skip to the
end
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Dang, you’re too resilient.
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We've taken this too far. 🙂
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 19:22 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 19:25 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
Farther, or further?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 19:28 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 19:33 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
Oops, or whoops?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 19:34 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
Oops, or whoops?
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id make a certain joke here but last time I made a joke that involved drugs it
got deleted
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 19:37 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | id make a certain joke here but last time I made a joke that involved drugs it
got deleted
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Indeed, LEGOs are addicting
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 19:39 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | id make a certain joke here but last time I made a joke that involved drugs it
got deleted
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Indeed, LEGOs are addicting
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rage levels increasing!!!
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Shiny_Stuff | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 19:53 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | id make a certain joke here but last time I made a joke that involved drugs it
got deleted
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Indeed, LEGOs are addicting
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Oh No. Plural again.
Everyone remain calm and go play with your Adjective Blocks.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 20:04 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, Shiny_Stuff writes:
| | In New Stores, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | id make a certain joke here but last time I made a joke that involved drugs it
got deleted
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Indeed, LEGOs are addicting
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Oh No. Plural again.
Everyone remain calm and go play with your Adjective Blocks.
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Addictive, and not an adjective.
Better be Legoed than bricked!
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 20:07 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, 1001bricks writes:
| | In New Stores, Shiny_Stuff writes:
| | In New Stores, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | id make a certain joke here but last time I made a joke that involved drugs it
got deleted
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Indeed, LEGOs are addicting
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Oh No. Plural again.
Everyone remain calm and go play with your Adjective Blocks.
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Better be Legoed than bricked!
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | rylie_aitch | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 20:07 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, SylvainLS writes:
| | In New Stores, ryanaitch writes:
| | In New Stores, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In New Stores, BrickDude10 writes:
| | You know, everybody, Theres this awesome store in The Dallas/Fort Worth area
called rose bricks. Very nice staff and a great selection of legos there. Highly
recommend it.👍👍👍
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You might want to change your spelling of the plural of LEGO. The plural of LEGO
is LEGO
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No, you can't pluralize an adjective! It's not "I have lots of LEGO",
but "I have lots of LEGO bricks"
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Well, it’s not an adjective, it’s a noun. It’s used to qualify another noun
but it’s still a noun
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hey, don't shoot the messenger A direct quote from Lego's* Fair Play
legal page:
"If the LEGO trademark is used at all, it should always be used as an adjective,
not as a noun."
*sorry, The LEGO Group
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 00:40 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, ryanaitch writes:
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| | | | No, you can't pluralize an adjective! It's not "I have lots of LEGO",
but "I have lots of LEGO bricks"
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Well, it’s not an adjective, it’s a noun. It’s used to qualify another noun
but it’s still a noun
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hey, don't shoot the messenger A direct quote from Lego's* Fair Play
legal page:
"If the LEGO trademark is used at all, it should always be used as an adjective,
not as a noun."
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“Used as an adjective” but still a noun
But I was not aiming you: as an experiment, I was trying to confuse Nubs even
more… but it appears confusion is his normal state of mind
And LEGO, not *Lego
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 00:51 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, SylvainLS writes:
| | In New Stores, ryanaitch writes:
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| | | | No, you can't pluralize an adjective! It's not "I have lots of LEGO",
but "I have lots of LEGO bricks"
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Well, it’s not an adjective, it’s a noun. It’s used to qualify another noun
but it’s still a noun
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hey, don't shoot the messenger A direct quote from Lego's* Fair Play
legal page:
"If the LEGO trademark is used at all, it should always be used as an adjective,
not as a noun."
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“Used as an adjective” but still a noun
But I was not aiming you: as an experiment, I was trying to confuse Nubs even
more… but it appears confusion is his normal state of mind
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I am one with my mind
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And LEGO, not *Lego
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 02:46 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| | | hey, don't shoot the messenger A direct quote from Lego's* Fair Play
legal page:
"If the LEGO trademark is used at all, it should always be used as an adjective,
not as a noun."
*sorry, The LEGO Group
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This is LEGO trying to impose unfair terms on language use. People will use language
however they like, and if LEGO disagree they can refuse to sell to those who
use language in a different way to their desires.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | rylie_aitch | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 12:30 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, yorbrick writes:
| | | | hey, don't shoot the messenger A direct quote from Lego's* Fair Play
legal page:
"If the LEGO trademark is used at all, it should always be used as an adjective,
not as a noun."
*sorry, The LEGO Group
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This is LEGO trying to impose unfair terms on language use. People will use language
however they like, and if LEGO disagree they can refuse to sell to those who
use language in a different way to their desires.
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Oh, I agree. I don't mind people calling it "legos" — people are
under no obligation to abide by corporate naming conventions. (I get why they
do it, and if you're representing TLG in any professional context, you should
probably follow their branding guidelines.) But IF you're going to try to
correct someone's usage, at the very least don't say that LEGO is already
plural That's not how adjectives or even collective nouns work, adjunct
or not
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 12:42 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, ryanaitch writes:
| | In New Stores, yorbrick writes:
| | | | hey, don't shoot the messenger A direct quote from Lego's* Fair Play
legal page:
"If the LEGO trademark is used at all, it should always be used as an adjective,
not as a noun."
*sorry, The LEGO Group
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This is LEGO trying to impose unfair terms on language use. People will use language
however they like, and if LEGO disagree they can refuse to sell to those who
use language in a different way to their desires.
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Oh, I agree. I don't mind people calling it "legos" — people are
under no obligation to abide by corporate naming conventions.
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Forget Adjective or Corporate things.
It's like a family/last name.
You don't say the GOMEZS (Gomez family members), the BUSHES (Bush family),
do you?
And if someone says that I guess you'll correct it
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 12:46 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, 1001bricks writes:
| | It's like a family/last name.
You don't say the GOMEZS (Gomez family members), the BUSHES (Bush family),
do you?
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We do say Gomezes (or Gomez's) and Bushes (or Bush's).
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | rylie_aitch | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 12:49 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, 1001bricks writes:
| | In New Stores, ryanaitch writes:
| | In New Stores, yorbrick writes:
| | | | hey, don't shoot the messenger A direct quote from Lego's* Fair Play
legal page:
"If the LEGO trademark is used at all, it should always be used as an adjective,
not as a noun."
*sorry, The LEGO Group
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This is LEGO trying to impose unfair terms on language use. People will use language
however they like, and if LEGO disagree they can refuse to sell to those who
use language in a different way to their desires.
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Oh, I agree. I don't mind people calling it "legos" — people are
under no obligation to abide by corporate naming conventions.
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Forget Adjective or Corporate things.
It's like a family/last name.
You don't say the GOMEZS (Gomez family members), the BUSHES (Bush family),
do you?
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This may be a regional thing — but yes, my family is collectively the Howerters,
that sounds correct and I've heard that usage many times before. The Bushes,
the Obamas, the Kardashians, the Rosenbergs, the Wachowskis, the Clintons all
sound very natural to me.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 12:54 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, 1001bricks writes:
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Forget Adjective or Corporate things.
It's like a family/last name.
You don't say the GOMEZS (Gomez family members), the BUSHES (Bush family),
do you?
And if someone says that I guess you'll correct it
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In English, they do.
Never watched The Simpsons?
Never read The Lord of the Ring? (Bilbo’s birthday speech: he thanks the “Proudfoots”
and one of them shouts “Proudfeet!”)
(The pun is explained in a note in the French version.)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | LegoLDK | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 13:00 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| But then there is the shepherd. He has a sheep or many sheep. The AFOL has a
Lego or a bucket of Lego. It just doesn't sound right to have Legos, just
as it wouldn't with sheeps.
In New Stores, SylvainLS writes:ss you'll correct it
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In English, they do.
Never watched The Simpsons?
Never read The Lord of the Ring? (Bilbo’s birthday speech: he thanks the “Proudfoots”
and one of them shouts “Proudfeet!”)
(The pun is explained in a note in the French version.)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 18:09 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, LegoLDK writes:
| | But then there is the shepherd. He has a sheep or many sheep. The AFOL has a
Lego or a bucket of Lego. It just doesn't sound right to have Legos, just
as it wouldn't with sheeps.
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It seems as though Europeans tend to use the word "lego" as a mass noun,
for example:
one lego brick, two lego bricks, a box of lego, made out of lego
However, Americans tend to use the word "lego" as a count noun, for example:
one lego, two legos, a box of legos, made out of legos
This seems to be part more general preference for mass nouns in British English
and count nouns in American English, for example:
In British English: mashed potato, scrambled egg, play sport, pay tax
In American English: mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs, play sports, pay taxes
Perhaps the LEGO Group is afraid that if people begin to use the word "lego"
as a count noun, then they may inadvertently apply it to similar toys produced
by other companies, thus weakening the strength of the brand.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 13:31 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 13:35 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| | | | | It's like a family/last name.
You don't say the GOMEZS (Gomez family members), the BUSHES (Bush family),
do you?
And if someone says that I guess you'll correct it
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In English, they do.
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Ahhh sorry didn't know.
Here we don't; we do respect the family and trade names.
Ha!
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 13:45 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, 1001bricks writes:
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Ahhh sorry didn't know.
Here we don't; we do respect the family and trade names.
Ha!
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That should have clued you because English mirrors French: everything¹ French
does, English does the other way
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¹ Well, except when English does the same as French, just to confuse us more!
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 18:13 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, SylvainLS writes:
| | In New Stores, 1001bricks writes:
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Forget Adjective or Corporate things.
It's like a family/last name.
You don't say the GOMEZS (Gomez family members), the BUSHES (Bush family),
do you?
And if someone says that I guess you'll correct it
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In English, they do.
Never watched The Simpsons?
Never read The Lord of the Ring? (Bilbo’s birthday speech: he thanks the “Proudfoots”
and one of them shouts “Proudfeet!”)
(The pun is explained in a note in the French version.)
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Wow, so much to learn from the Sylvains!
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 18:24 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| | | | | Never watched The Simpsons?
Never read The Lord of the Ring? (Bilbo’s birthday speech: he thanks the “Proudfoots”
and one of them shouts “Proudfeet!”)
(The pun is explained in a note in the French version.)
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Wow, so much to learn from the Sylvains!
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That should have clued you because Sylvain mirrors Sylvain: everything¹ Sylvain
does, Sylvain does the other way
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¹ Well, except when Sylvain does the same as Sylvain, just to confuse us more!
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 19:39 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | | | Never watched The Simpsons?
Never read The Lord of the Ring? (Bilbo’s birthday speech: he thanks the “Proudfoots”
and one of them shouts “Proudfeet!”)
(The pun is explained in a note in the French version.)
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Wow, so much to learn from the Sylvains!
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That should have clued you because Sylvain mirrors Sylvain: everything¹ Sylvain
does, Sylvain does the other way
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¹ Well, except when Sylvain does the same as Sylvain, just to confuse us more!
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I really enjoy this type of parenthetical thought (rather than actual parenthesis.)
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| | | | | Author: | BrickDude10 | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 18:20 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, BrickDude10 writes:
| | You know, everybody, Theres this awesome store in The Dallas/Fort Worth area
called rose bricks. Very nice staff and a great selection of Lego there. Highly
recommend it.👍👍👍
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| | | | | | | Author: | rtzx9r | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2023 23:57 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, BrickDude10 writes:
| | In New Stores, BrickDude10 writes:
| | You know, everybody, Theres this awesome store in The Dallas/Fort Worth area
called rose bricks. Very nice staff and a great selection of Lego there. Highly
recommend it.👍👍👍
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Is Rose Bricks near Rose Apothecary?
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| | | | | Author: | pcthurman | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 02:58 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, BrickDude10 writes:
| | You know, everybody, Theres this awesome store in The Dallas/Fort Worth area
called rose bricks. Very nice staff and a great selection of legos there. Highly
recommend it.👍👍👍
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Could you clarify the name of the store in Dallas\Fort Worth please?
Is it Rose Bricks or Rogue Bricks as shown in the subject line?
Cass T
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| | | | | | | Author: | BrickDude10 | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2023 09:37 | | Subject: | Re: Rogue Bricks | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, pcthurman writes:
| | In New Stores, BrickDude10 writes:
| | You know, everybody, Theres this awesome store in The Dallas/Fort Worth area
called rose bricks. Very nice staff and a great selection of legos there. Highly
recommend it.👍👍👍
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Could you clarify the name of the store in Dallas\Fort Worth please?
Is it Rose Bricks or Rogue Bricks as shown in the subject line?
Cass T
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It's Rogue Bricks.
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