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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>James Callan <james.callan@COMCAST.NET></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>American Dialect Society <ADS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU></I><BR>To: <I>ADS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU</I><BR>Subject: <I>Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?</I><BR>Date: <I>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:56:35 +0000</I><BR>---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------<BR>Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU><BR>Poster: James Callan <james.callan@COMCAST.NET><BR>Subject: Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?<BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>On his blog, Jeopardy champ Ken Jennings recently discussed what one reader considered an error
in his book Brainiac: Lego vs. Legos. Jennings says "Legos," which LEGO (the company) and many Lego fans don' t care for. As Jennings says:<BR><BR>Some households say “Let’s play with Lego.” Others (a majority in America, I’m guessing) say, “Let’s play with Legos.”<BR>(http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=496)<BR><BR>I say "play with Legos" -- born in '70, raised in Wisconsin's Fox Valley and Milwaukee suburbs.<BR><BR>How does the Lego vs. Legos issue break down elsewhere? National boundaries? Regions?<BR><BR> -- James Callan<BR><BR>------------------------------------------------------------<BR>The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div><br clear=all><hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2749??PS=47575" target="_top">See what you’re getting into…before you go there </a> </html>
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