Why can't Americans

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The plural of Lego is still Lego.

- Sincerely, a Dane.

This. You don't say moneys or furnitures (or if you do, that's also incorrect). If you really want an s on there say "LEGO bricks"

[Kaleredar]

Lived in Australia for 30 years, no one says legos.

What happens if I have a box full of equipment. I don't have equipments do I? What about feedback, feedbacks isn't a word. What about the luggage I took on my last holiday, I didn't take my luggages did I?

You might not have "equipments," but you have wrencheS, plierS, sawS. You might not have luggages but you have SuitcaseS,bottleS, pillowS, clotheS, and so on and so forth.

"A lego" is not some generic, nonspecifc term. It refers to a very specific product from a company.

I always assumed it stayed the same when plural, like Deer or Sheep.

I used to play with my Lego when I was younger, meaning the whole lot, not just one piece.

Phrasing it that way makes you sound like you had a sad childhood where you owned a single lego brick and played with that.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

And I is from Ingvar, lel. The company itself insists that its name should be pronounced as ee-kay-uh in English, but...

I'd say it's their fault for putting out commercials where the people pronounce it as Eye-Kee-uh.

[Rampant Rabbit]

And again, from the same article:

I'll give you that.

If you want to go by how the company wants to see it printed...nobody in this thread is using it "correctly" .



Gotta be printed in all capital letters according to the company.

I posted this earlier, and I agree.

It's hard to capitalize letters when saying LEGO or LEGOs though, so arguing about all capitals or not is also being a bit pedantic. Many cultures would be shouting the brand name if we were to put emphasis on that.

[Kaleredar]

This. You don't say moneys or furnitures (or if you do, that's also incorrect). If you really want an s on there say "LEGO bricks"

Why say two words when you can just say one?

"Legos." So much quicker.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

It's hard to capitalize letters when saying LEGO or LEGOs though, so arguing about all capitals or not is also being a bit pedantic. Many cultures would be shouting the brand name if we were to put emphasis on that.

Again, the entire argument is pedantic.

[Rampant Rabbit]

Again, the entire argument is pedantic.

I forgot to add 'too'.

[Deleted]

That really depends on the amount of the legos kids are playing with. One is a lego...more than one are legos.

No that is wrong

[Darththeo]

I am an American ... I have always said lego ... legos sounds so wrong. it is like saying Pokémons ... it's wrong!

[Dispraise]

But the company may specify how it likes to see the trade name used in print

A company can specify what it likes 'til they're blue in the face. That doesn't make it correct.

You don't get to redefine grammatical rules just because you own a trademark.

[Deleted]

Why say two words when you can just say one?

"Legos." So much quicker.

Doesn't mean it's right

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I'm from the UK and now that you mentioned it. I think everyone does that here too.

People in the UK say Legos? I've never heard that?

[durrtygoodz]

IDC about Lego, but the way many people pronounce IKEA triggers me a lot. It's ee-kay-uh and not eye-kee-ah >_>

I mean I'm not trying to correct people IRL when I hear eye-kee-ah, but my eye starts twitching...

"If it was supposed to be pronounced ee-kay-uh they should have called it EKAYUH not IKEA" - Americans

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

I forgot to add 'too'.

Funny how the guy that insists we must go by the usage dictated by the company is the one that's arguing about something being "too pedantic"

[derpkitteh]

because lego being the plural of lego is stupid.

legos sounds better.

[Planetdune]

I do not care.

[Kaleredar]

Doesn't mean it's right

Well one of the beautiful things about language is that when the "right" thing sounds stupid you can change it.

Hence, "Legos."


You don't look at a lot full of Ford Automobiles and go "wow look at all the Ford!" But you can point at ONE ford car and go "that's a Ford."

Hence: You don't look at a floor full of Lego bricks and go "wow look at all the lego!" But you can point at ONE Lego brick and go "that's a lego."

[Deleted]

And I is from Ingvar, lel. The company itself insists that its name should be pronounced as ee-kay-uh in English, but...

The A in Abba stands for absolutely awful.

[Rampant Rabbit]

Funny how the guy that insists we must go by the usage dictated by the company is the one that's arguing about something being "too pedantic"

I'm hardly using their word as my argument. It just so happens to be that the company that creates and sells LEGO has the same idea about this as me.

To clarify, I never felt the need to Google what the right way to refer to multiple LEGO pieces is. It has simply been clear to me from the beginning.

[Deleted]

Well one of the beautiful things about language is that when the "right" thing sounds stupid you can change it.

Hence, "Legos."


You don't look at a lot full of Ford Automobiles and go "wow look at all the Ford!" But you can point at ONE ford car and go "that's a Ford."

Hence: You don't look at a floor full of Lego bricks and go "wow look at all the lego!" But you can point at ONE Lego brick and go "that's a lego."

Legos sounds stupid though. No I say look at all the Lego Bricks. Like most of the world

[Rampant Rabbit]

Legos sounds stupid though. No I say look at all the Lego Bricks. Like most of the world

The word 'Legos' reminds me of all the useless gear you can buy from Teleshopping and Infomercials.