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I find “LEGOs” very upsetting.
Lego is not an acronym. It does not usually get all-caps in prose, though the all-caps logotype is sometimes imitated in text.
Lego is a proper name, and is also used as a collective noun. It does not get pluralized.
“You can’t play with Lego anymore.”
LEGO is too an acronym. it stands for Leg Godt, Danish for “play well”
That’s…not an acronym. That’d just be LG.
what is it then?
In English, I would consider that a portmanteau. I’m not qualified to discuss Danish, but it was interesting to learn the origin.
It’s an abbreviation.
Not all abbreviations are acronyms, only the ones that take the first letter from each word. Lego takes two letters from each word, so it’s not an acronym.
On a similar note, some but not all acronyms are initialisms, if they’re spoken as the letters rather than the “word” they create.
FYI, DIY, PS are all initialisms, and also acronyms, and also abbreviations. ASAP, SCUBA, and LASER are acronyms and abbreviations, but not initialisms. Lego, appt, and st are all abbreviations but neither acronyms nor initialisms.
That’s a really good breakdown of the differences!
Now if you’ll excuse me I have a few Ell-Ee-Gee-Oh sets to put together. :p
why is english like this… we just call it “shortening”.
Why does a language have different words for different concepts?
fuck that. Lego is a company and I don’t need it to tell me how I can and cannot use their name. if they don’t like it they can suck my dick.
I really don’t understand why there are so many people passionate about how to “properly” use The Trademark™ in The Way that was Sanctioned by The Corporation®
just play with your Legos and get over it
AUGH HE SAID IT AGAIN
I assume the people are passionate about grammar, and their corrections have nothing to do with respecting trademarks.
Legos is grammatically correct.
No, that’s Lego. Legos is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria.
