Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThey're not "Minifigs," they're "Lego Men." Even the female ones. I feel very strongly about this.message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down138file-text
arrow-up194arrow-down1message-squareThey're not "Minifigs," they're "Lego Men." Even the female ones. I feel very strongly about this.Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoWouldn’t you add an “e?” Legoes
minus-squaretheskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoNo, that is equally abhorrent. It is a brand name, you don’t add anything to pluralise.
minus-squarehikaru755@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoRoombas Teslas Burger Kings Band-Aids I do agree that “Legos” is wrong, but it’s not because you don’t pluralize brand names in this way.
Wouldn’t you add an “e?”
Legoes
No, that is equally abhorrent. It is a brand name, you don’t add anything to pluralise.
Roombas
Teslas
Burger Kings
Band-Aids
I do agree that “Legos” is wrong, but it’s not because you don’t pluralize brand names in this way.