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minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·7 months agoI assume the people are passionate about grammar, and their corrections have nothing to do with respecting trademarks.
minus-squareTimewornTraveler@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down5·edit-27 months agothat’s even worse! especially because the vast majority of self proclaimed “grammar nazis” (really weird fucking title, guys) don’t know shit about linguistics as a science
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoobligatory Mitchell and Webb https://youtu.be/qmVnr7rsWrE
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down7·7 months agoLegos is grammatically correct.
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoNo, that’s Lego. Legos is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agono, that’s Lagos. Legos is a principle of rhetoric along with pathos and ethos.
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·7 months agoWhich should be your original comment instead of the trademark thing.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agono, I don’t care if it’s grammatically correct.
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 months agoGreat, doesn’t change the fact nobody is passionate about protecting trademarks as you are saying.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoyes they are, because the word Legos has nothing to do with grammar
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoSo what? Them being wrong about grammar doesn’t change the fact they are speaking about grammar.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 months agono they aren’t. they’re talking about a trademark.
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoYes, about the grammar of a word that happens to be a trademark.
I assume the people are passionate about grammar, and their corrections have nothing to do with respecting trademarks.
that’s even worse! especially because the vast majority of self proclaimed “grammar nazis” (really weird fucking title, guys) don’t know shit about linguistics as a science
obligatory Mitchell and Webb https://youtu.be/qmVnr7rsWrE
Legos is grammatically correct.
No, that’s Lego. Legos is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria.
no, that’s Lagos. Legos is a principle of rhetoric along with pathos and ethos.
Which should be your original comment instead of the trademark thing.
no, I don’t care if it’s grammatically correct.
Great, doesn’t change the fact nobody is passionate about protecting trademarks as you are saying.
yes they are, because the word Legos has nothing to do with grammar
So what? Them being wrong about grammar doesn’t change the fact they are speaking about grammar.
no they aren’t. they’re talking about a trademark.
Yes, about the grammar of a word that happens to be a trademark.