Lessons In Lego

I've lived in America for the better part of a decade now. I've grown accustomed to the strange way that many Americans craft the English language. Not surprisingly I have a handful of pet peeves.

Burglarized

The English word is Burgled. "My home was burgled." Why take such a simple English word, make it longer a and put a Z in it for no reason? Did someone want to win a Scrabble game?

Coupé

It's pronounced COO-PAY. The é is not silent, and it has an accent on it modifying the way it should be pronounced. Even if you take off the accent, the 'e' is still there. Much like there is an 'h' at the beginning of the word 'herb' that Americans seem to think is silent (it's not by the way).

Legos

This is actually my big beef of the day. A little while ago I was watching a news channel, and they were talking about how someone had built something out of 'Legos.' In fact, they kept going on about 'Legos' for quite some time.

Since Lego Group is one of the largest toy manufacturers in the world, and an estimated five billion hours of play take place with Lego Bricks each year, let's take a moment to understand how to say the word.

Lego Group is a corporation who make, among other things, the Lego Brick. You can have one Lego Brick, or two or more Lego Bricks. As an abbreviation, you can call it a piece of Lego, or several pieces of Lego. But there is NEVER an 'S' on the end of the word. Just like sheep; the plural of sheep is sheep. The plural of Lego is Lego.

That concludes the English lesson for the day.