Comments on: Lego triumph

By: marek

marek — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 23:38:51 +0000

And this seems to be the perfect place to raise the question of why it might be that in US English, ‘lego’ is a singular noun which therefore takes the plural ‘legos’, whereas in British English ‘lego’ is a collective noun for all lego components and the ‘legos’ form is never used.

Empirically I have no doubt that the difference exists – in my experience the usage is completely consistent among speakers of each of those dialects, but I would be fascinated to know if anyone could explain why the difference should have arisen.

By: Delicious pundit

Delicious pundit — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:32:51 +0000

Fans of the base ball will enjoy Batgirl's occasional Legovision recreations. I love Batgirl. It is the answer to the question, "What if a funny novelist were to give some random team the gift of her attention?" Consequently the members of the Minnesota Twins not only play their season, but have fictionalized counterparts who arrive at the exact same result.

By: P ONeill

P ONeill — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:21:27 +0000

A touching modification would depict Michael Owen watching the scene on TV.

By: Chris Brooke

Chris Brooke — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:40:53 +0000

Rousseauists will be happy that the chap who does the Brick Testament is working through the book of Judges at the moment, which means that the story of the Levite of Ephraim will presumably soon be illustrated in Lego.

By: johnhayter

johnhayter — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:08:20 +0000

And don't forget The Brick Testament. I'd say the second Ashes Test was the greatest (so far) sporting moment of the millennium.

By: Eszter

Eszter — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:55:41 +0000

I was just browsing some pictures from Brickfest 2005 when I saw your post. There are also some interesting creations elsewhere. I had a Lego-related post on my blog the other day regarding a curious incident in a Lego store recently. I realize the focus of your post may have been on the triumph, but I was excited about the Lego part more, obviously.:-)