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My mother-in-law says it. Therefore my husband does. As does one of my children. And it makes me want to tear my own ears off so I never have to hear them say it again.
It goes like this: When asking a child a question regarding playing with certain toys, they say, "Would you like to play with Lego?"
It's "play LegoS" plural--Legos are plural!!! You don't just play with *one* Lego.
It's official. I'm a bitch.
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Ummm. . . the company refers to it as 'Lego' minus the s.
I'd like to officially welcome you to the club. If this makes you a bitch, you are in good company. I implore you to visit my blog...
And one singular piece is a Lego. Clearly, one can't play with only one, thus when one plays, one plays *LegoS*. You are so obviously right to be annoyed!
It'd drive me batty too
I grew up outside the US calling it lego - only in the US is it referred to as legoS in the plural it drives me crazy!
So if you imagine your MIL, your husband and kids saying it with a British accent you're all set.
Yeah, in the UK, its singular.
It's a box of Lego.
Like you have a bag of pasta, not pastas.
The word "Lego" refers to the construction set, as a whole. Like "Mechano" (Do you have that there? You must do) We play with the Machano Set, or just with the Machano, not Machanos.
I agree though, it must annoy your arse off if you're used to calling it something else.
ugh. my skin crawled reading this. i am proud of you for not harming your family over this. "lego?" ick. why don't they go play "hot wheel?"
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