Poll: Petty Lego Question

[TwistedEllipses]

This is bugging me at the moment, so apologises for this. Lego is the name of the brand, but no-one refers to Lego bricks - they either call them in the plural as Lego or Legos. Which is the right one? Is there a right one? Sorry for wasting your time, I just need to know!

 

[Baby Tea]

It's totally Lego, not Legos.

It's like the word Moose, or Deer.
One Moose or Deer is a Moose or Deer.
Many Deer is still Deer, same with Moose.

And same with Lego.

 

[Inverse Skies]

Yup, Lego would be the correct way of pronouncing that. Legos sounds wrong and cheap, or like you're referring to the pasta sauce.

 

[Brotherofwill]

Ohhh..I thought this would be a discussion about the awesome Lego. I never use it in plural, not sure that it can be used as one. I don't think that it has a plural.

 

[SmilingKitsune]

Definately Lego, it always irritated me when people said legos.

 

[RAWKSTAR]

Tis Lego... Now please excuse me as I try and find my old lego collection up in the attic.

 

[CapnGod]

I don't know, I think everyone I knew called them Legos. What always bothered me was those damn Eggo commercials. Lego my Eggo? How the fuck?

 

[ace_of_something]

Neither, actually. The word 'LEGO', when used as a noun, should only refer to the company that makes the product. Otherwise 'LEGO' is supposed to be used as an adjective. Thus, when referring to the pieces, neither 'lego' nor 'legos' is correct... rather one should say: 'LEGO bricks' or 'LEGO pieces' or whatever (using LEGO as an adjective -- and one should really capitalize all of the letters, and put the little 'circle-R' symbol after it (®). This is all a matter of protecting the trademark of 'LEGO' for the company (using it otherwise degenerates the strength of the trademark). This is not to say that I use the word correctly 100% of the time... but that's the answer to the question

From Here http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/

When I was a kid we'd say "Lets play with Legos" so that's what I'm going with.

 

[iron codpiece]

It's Legos

 

[Melancholy_Ocelot]

I stepped on my kids' Lego, so I beat him.
I stepped on my kids' Legos, so I beat him.

The second sentence sounds better to me, though I'm not sure if I spelled the possessive of kid correctly.

*EDIT*

I'm referring to stepping on multiple bricks at once, not just one brick.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

You buy a box of Lego, not a box of Legos.

Simples.

 

[sooperman]

You buy a box of Lego?? Where do you shop???

"I'ma play with Legos"

If you said "I'm playing with Lego" that means yoy are playing with the company that makes them.

 

[Abedeus]

Lego.

Same as there are no "deers" or "fishes" or "sheeps".

 

[Galletea]

I say "lego", as being a brand name, and as it isn't sold in single bricks so you can't have "a lego" but a "lego set" or "some Lego".

 

[Unknower]

"Legos" sounds... right. "Playing with lego" gives me a mental image of a kid playing with one lego brick. And that makes me sad. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?

Also, the plural for euro is euros.

 

[Anarchemitis]

The legal term that the Lego Group (C) wants people to use is 'Legos' or 'Lego Bricks', but no one does, and they don't care.
But they do want people to refer to the Lego peeps as Lego Minifigures, or just Minifigs, if you're so inclined.

 

[Rascarin]

Lego.

Same as there are no "deers" or "fishes" or "sheeps".

... I didn't know there were no "fishes". I always used that word.

And I agree' It's Lego. Anyone who says it with an 's' should be keelhauled.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

I stepped on my kids' Lego, so I beat him.
I stepped on my kids' Legos, so I beat him.

The second sentence sounds better to me, though I'm not sure if I spelled the possessive of kid correctly.

*EDIT*

I'm referring to stepping on multiple bricks at once, not just one brick.

The possesive should be kid's lego(s). Unless more than one kid is involved, then your original is correct.

 

[Davey Woo]

Lego, it's a brand name. Have you ever heard of Microsofts? Or Toshibas?

 

[somekindawizard]

The plural of Lego is Legi, Like Cacti.