Posted May 8, 200816 yr Do you refer to them as 'My lego' or 'My legos'? Don't hate me for this, but I have grown up with Legos. How about you?
May 8, 200816 yr The correct and proper way is to say "LEGO" . It is not plural...ever. TLC also says that it should be used as an adjective, like LEGO bricks or LEGO sets or LEGO toys.
May 8, 200816 yr Just because you do something wrong doesn't make it right. It's LEGO. If you must use a plural you say LEGO bricks. The correct and proper way is to say "LEGO" . It is not plural...ever. TLC also says that it should be used as an adjective, like LEGO bricks or LEGO sets or LEGO toys. I was too slow it seems!
May 8, 200816 yr There is an excellent article on Lego.com that explains this out more, you should check it out!
May 8, 200816 yr And just to add a little background to this. One of the reasons The Lego Company insist on this is that people often refer to "legos" as any brand of construction brick, and as we all know, Lego bricks are superior to any other brand. Also, you might find it in small writing on the back of some catalogs as to how The Lego Company like you to refer to their bricks and products.
May 8, 200816 yr Using the LEGO brand namePlease help us to protect our brand name: • The LEGO brand name should always be written in capital letters • LEGO must never be used as a generic term or in the plural or as a possessive pronoun, e.g. “LEGO’s”. • When the LEGO brand name is used as part of a noun, it must never appear on its own. It should always be accompanied by a noun. For ex ample, LEGO set, LEGO products, LEGO Group, LEGO play materials, LEGO bricks, LEGO universe, etc. • The first time the LEGO brand name appears it must be accompanied by the Registered symbol. Thank you for helping us! Found here...
May 8, 200816 yr Blech, Legos... what is that? I grew up with Lego, and never refer to them as Legos. I also like to correct people if they get it wrong too. ~Peace
May 8, 200816 yr It has always been Lego to me, used as both a plural noun and an adjective. Although I don't really care if some people call it something else.
May 8, 200816 yr Plural's of word's don't have apostrophe's, ya know. I used to say "Legos" but I switched to "Lego" as an adult. My parents still put the s in there. Similarly, the plural of the currency of Germany and 17 other European countries is still "euro", not "euros", and it is split into 100 "cent", not "cents".
May 8, 200816 yr Author Well thanks for correcting me, I will now refer to them as Lego bricks, rather than Legos.
May 8, 200816 yr Well thanks for correcting me, I will now refer to them as Lego bricks, rather than Legos. No, you need to refer to them as "LEGO bricks." Remember that LEGO is a combination of "Leg Godt". Maybe the correct way should therefore be Le'Go'?
May 8, 200816 yr I feel, what with my username, I should have contributed to this topic earlier. I don't think I can remember ever refering to Lego as Legos. It just wouldn't have sounded right.
May 8, 200816 yr Found here... Although I can respect TLC´s efforts in avoiding the risks of genericized trademarking, I personally´ll stick to the wise words of Chuck Berry in that case.... off, autonomous thinking on! Hmm.... perhaps I should make up my own term for them.... Divinies.... Rattles.... Imaginativos.... I guess I´ll have to sleep over that....
May 8, 200816 yr I use LEGOs The LEGO Group can either nitpick with me or simply thank me for the thousands of dollars a year I spend buying their LEGOs
May 8, 200816 yr I always say 'lego'. And I believe anybody who speaks Dutch would for that matter. It just doesn't sound natural if you say 'legos' in Dutch.
May 9, 200816 yr I HATE THE WORDS LEGOS!!! YUCK!!!!!!! I hate it when people say it as well grrr One, bad grammar, 2, it's like saying, :Looks at those sheeps" like...wtf???
May 10, 200816 yr I dont know it depends sometimes i forget and just say legos but i usualy try to remember its Lego
May 10, 200816 yr I call it Lego because that's its name (even though it really isn't accoringt to Lego TLC). I'll use Legos if i'm joking, and i'll bother to call them Lego bricks if i'm being faecetious or pretentious.
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