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Hi,

The American Lego magazines differ from the British ones in the respective spelling.
Should this be taken into account when cataloging?

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Jul 11, 2025 11:20

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That’s a grey area.

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Hi,

The American Lego magazines differ from the British ones in the respective spelling.
Should this be taken into account when cataloging?

Regards
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Jul 11, 2025 11:36

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That’s a grey area.

Haha, or is it hehe?

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Jul 11, 2025 13:29

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In Catalog, Stuart9 writes:

That’s a grey area.

Haha, or is it hehe?

hon hon

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In Catalog, Dino writes:

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The American Lego magazines differ from the British ones in the respective spelling.
Should this be taken into account when cataloging?

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Don't you mean cataloguing

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Jul 13, 2025 07:10

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In Catalog, Dino writes:

Hi,

The American Lego magazines differ from the British ones in the respective spelling.
Should this be taken into account when cataloging?

Regards
Werner

Yes. Books and magazines usually get separate entries for the UK version:

mag2017uk1 LEGO Club Magazine 2017 January - February (English - UK)
Books: Magazine, LEGO Club

mag2017us1 LEGO Club Magazine 2017 January - February
Books: Magazine, LEGO Club

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Jul 13, 2025 14:18

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In Catalog, Turez writes:

In Catalog, Dino writes:

Hi,

The American Lego magazines differ from the British ones in the respective spelling.
Should this be taken into account when cataloging?

Regards
Werner

Yes. Books and magazines usually get separate entries for the UK version:

mag2017uk1 LEGO Club Magazine 2017 January - February (English - UK)
Books: Magazine, LEGO Club

mag2017us1 LEGO Club Magazine 2017 January - February
Books: Magazine, LEGO Club

Danke!

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Jul 13, 2025 16:52

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What about Australia and New Zealand? Do they get an upside down US or UK version?

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In Catalog, Turez writes:

In Catalog, Dino writes:

Hi,

The American Lego magazines differ from the British ones in the respective spelling.
Should this be taken into account when cataloging?

Regards
Werner

Yes. Books and magazines usually get separate entries for the UK version:

mag2017uk1 LEGO Club Magazine 2017 January - February (English - UK)
Books: Magazine, LEGO Club

mag2017us1 LEGO Club Magazine 2017 January - February
Books: Magazine, LEGO Club

Danke!

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What about Australia and New Zealand? Do they get an upside down US or UK version?

The Australians and New Zealanders get the UK version.

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In Catalog, FLUSH2020 writes:

What about Australia and New Zealand? Do they get an upside down US or UK version?

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What about Australia and New Zealand? Do they get an upside down US or UK version?

Unfortunately I can't upload PDF files here. Therefore only the first pages
of the magazine.

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In Catalog, Turez writes:

In Catalog, Dino writes:

Hi,

The American Lego magazines differ from the British ones in the respective spelling.
Should this be taken into account when cataloging?

Regards
Werner

Yes. Books and magazines usually get separate entries for the UK version:

mag2017uk1 LEGO Club Magazine 2017 January - February (English - UK)
Books: Magazine, LEGO Club

mag2017us1 LEGO Club Magazine 2017 January - February
Books: Magazine, LEGO Club

Interesting.. There are other equally evolved from our Early Modern English
cultures, beyond that of present day UK, US, NZ, CA and AUS. Such as the far
more impactful by population, India. All equally distanced from what was Shakespearean
English. Linguistically a level playfield, in other words.

Maybe India doesn't have enough of a BL footprint, or maybe just hasn't
achieved a LEGO retail presence sufficient to warrant it's own market-specific
magazine? All of which, I predict will be changing here soon

and having little
to do with any Danish or EU efforts toward market expansions into India.