Tinker Toys and K'Nex are stupid. - Page 2

xoxoxoBruce · 01-29-2010, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Beest

They do a fair range of under $10 stuff, theres not many decent toys to be had under $10 these days.

At least without lead paint and cadmium.

jinx · 01-27-2010, 09:32 PM

Silly expensive for the one stupid thing it makes, and a couple guys. My kids like the guys the best...

monster · 01-27-2010, 09:39 PM

You'd be amazed at what can be done with the specialized pieces if your imagination is wild enough!

DanaC · 01-27-2010, 09:52 PM

'legos' is really jarring with me. Just like 'math' jars.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-28-2010, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

'legos' is really jarring with me. Just like 'math' jars.

Yes it must be jarring... really disquieting to discover you've been saying it wrong for so many years. :p

monster · 01-27-2010, 09:53 PM

I hear you

monster · 01-27-2010, 09:54 PM

... but I've "gotten" used to it

:p

DanaC · 01-27-2010, 09:59 PM

*grins*

Actually, 'gotten' finds its way into my language now. Probably because I spend so much bloody time online with Merkins :P

monster · 01-27-2010, 10:01 PM

urgh. I can say legos and math if I must, but gotten is only ever written and under duress

ZenGum · 01-28-2010, 05:39 AM

Lego is a mass noun to me.

With several of the specialist kits, a good stash of general lego, and some imagination, you can make entirely new things.

DanaC · 01-28-2010, 05:52 AM

Yep: lego refers to the whole thing. Lego is made up of individual bricks.

'Maths', meanwhile is the shortened version of 'mathematics'. If you had to shorten the word 'qualification' you'd shorten it to 'qual'. If you had to shorten the word 'qualifications', you'd shorten it to 'quals'

Urbane Guerrilla · 01-28-2010, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

If you had to shorten the word 'qualification' you'd shorten it to 'qual'. If you had to shorten the word 'qualifications', you'd shorten it to 'quals'

Which is US military parlance all the way, though the usual usage of "qual" is not a noun but a verb. You hear phrases like "get qual'ed on that (technical skill, equipment operation)" or "I'm not qual'ed on that," which like anything else sometimes sees a metaphorical use.

classicman · 01-28-2010, 07:51 AM

wait . . . what? Lego is the individual block - more than one makes it plural = Legos.

DanaC · 01-28-2010, 08:15 AM

Nope. Lego refers to the whole (a lego set, or all lego), the individual components are lego bricks, or just bricks. Each individual brick is not a 'lego'.

Sundae · 01-28-2010, 08:16 AM

The plural of lego is lego.

01-27-2010, 09:32 PM	#2
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Silly expensive for the one stupid thing it makes, and a couple guys. My kids like the guys the best... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

01-27-2010, 09:39 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	You'd be amazed at what can be done with the specialized pieces if your imagination is wild enough! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-27-2010, 09:53 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I hear you __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-27-2010, 09:54 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	... but I've "gotten" used to it :p __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-27-2010, 10:01 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	urgh. I can say legos and math if I must, but gotten is only ever written and under duress __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-28-2010, 05:39 AM	#10
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Lego is a mass noun to me. With several of the specialist kits, a good stash of general lego, and some imagination, you can make entirely new things. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-28-2010, 07:51 AM	#13
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	wait . . . what? Lego is the individual block - more than one makes it plural = Legos. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-28-2010, 08:16 AM	#15
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	The plural of lego is lego. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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