How do you pronounce Lego

[offshore171]

Those who come from South Australia call it LAYGO.

I think they also throw in a hyphen in there somewhere

 

[NM]

Well, at my place it was often called "OUCH!!!" when I left a few blocks on the floor

 

[Pushka]

Well, at my place it was often called "OUCH!!!" when I left a few blocks on the floor

It canes doesnt it.

Nothing new has been said in this thread. So . DKDC.

My brothers name is Grant. We have several friends called Grant in SA and a couple interstate. The name is pronounced differently. Who is right? Everyone. Because everyone knows what everyone is saying. That's called getting on with people who speak differently.

 

[RooFlyer]

Since Lego has been settled, time for an off topic tale.

Hobart ( Ho-bart) was named for the then Lord Hobart, back in the UK.

The Lords Hobart survive to this day and from time to a time, Lord Hobart visits Hobart.

Funny thing is, the Lords Hobart pronounce their name like 'Hob-bet'. He always gets asked what he thinks about the local pronunciation and has given to reply. "I’ve given up trying to correct people, now I accept it as a local dialect".

# oh, yes, cue the Hobbit jokes if you must

 

[SeatBackForward]

Just don't pluralise it, like the Americans do.

You build with Lego, not Legos.

Oh one of my pet peeves...and it's mostly Americans that do this!

Lego themselves made an announcement about it:

 

[RooFlyer]

Oh one of my pet peeves...and it's mostly Americans that do this!

Lego themselves made an announcement about it:

That's a bit strange. It's obviously a brand as well as an adjective. So not 'always'.

 

[jb747]

Ouch blocks.

 

[SeatBackForward]

That's a bit strange. It's obviously a brand as well as an adjective. So not 'always'.

You have Lego, you play with Lego. Lego have just released a batch of new sets on 1st June. My Lego collection goes back over 40yrs. I have a lot of Train and City Lego. I don't like Lego pieces scattered across the ground. There are quite good imitation Lego available nowadays. One can never have too much Lego.

None of the above required the use of the word LEGOS.

 

[tdimdad]

That wasn't the question - it was how do you pronounce it and especially as a kid in the distant past

Well, I'm biased. Using this IPA pronunciation guide, to me it's been ['lɛɛgɔ] (though, the lazy ones, me included, usually replaced 'g' with 'k' because 'g' is rarely used in our language). There's a more correct way to way to show the long vowel but I don't know how to write it on the laptop. When speaking in English, you'd hear ['lɛgoʊ].

 

[Forg]

You have Lego, you play with Lego.

Indeed, I'm not great with grammar but I think of Lego is a "collective thing". Lego refers to the system or the collection of bits you have, not to an individual component.
You play with Lego, but you have a piece of Lego or a Lego brick. Or you have multiple pieces of Lego or Lego bricks.
Like when you're welding bits of aluminium together, you have piece of aluminium or you're welding aluminium, you don't have "an aluminium" and you aren't welding "aluminiums" together.

 

[CaptJCool]

It’s lay-over
So it’s Lay-go

South Australian uniqueness
No leg-overs
No leg-O
We are cultured here in Add-a-laid

RAFLOL

My son has Lego sets coming out of his ears and scattered all over the now rather large bedroom he’s in.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Indeed, I'm not great with grammar but I think of Lego is a "collective thing". Lego refers to the system or the collection of bits you have, not to an individual component.
You play with Lego, but you have a piece of Lego or a Lego brick. Or you have multiple pieces of Lego or Lego bricks.
Like when you're welding bits of iron together, you have piece of iron or you're welding iron, you don't have "an iron" and you aren't welding "irons" together (unless it's for the purpose of flattening clothes of course).

Another good example!

The Lego vs Legos is one thing Americans do that bugs me (at least online, not necessarily in person). Also the misspelling of QUANTAS, but that's another topic.

 

[Forg]

The Lego vs Legos is one thing Americans do that bugs me (at least online, not necessarily in person).

Worse when someone here does it, and you know they've been infected with yet another plain-old-incorrect Americanism.

"No, Auntie, stop saying that!! And get off Farcebook, no the lizard-people AREN'T trying to eat your face while you're passed-out due to the chemtrails!!!"

 

[VPS]

Wow what a can of worms I've opened. So people who say Laygo is incorrect - there are multiple variations of how people say graph, dance France etc and then we can go to Nestle and many others. Accents vary - live with it

As @MARTINE says you can't always say things in the foreign language - eg how many people pronounce Paris as Paree

Anyway the contrary will continue to be contrary - have a lovely day everyone

 

[VPS]

Since Lego has been settled, time for an off topic tale.

Hobart ( Ho-bart) was named for the then Lord Hobart, back in the UK.

The Lords Hobart survive to this day and from time to a time, Lord Hobart visits Hobart.

Funny thing is, the Lords Hobart pronounce their name like 'Hob-bet'. He always gets asked what he thinks about the local pronunciation and has given to reply. "I’ve given up trying to correct people, now I accept it as a local dialect".

# oh, yes, cue the Hobbit jokes if you must

And then there is Albany named after Lord Alba - but some say Al bany and some say All bany

 

[TheRealTMA]

So, you have never spent much time in Adelaide, discussing this?

It's a busy town apparently!

 

[Hvr]

This is the town you're asking how to say "Lego"?

 

[Quickstatus]

I reckon its Lair Go

 

[jastel]

Its LEG O when we were kids, as that's what we yelled at each other while fighting over bits when one had the piece the other wanted. (Let Go)

 

[Daver6]

If you eat fruchocs then it's Laygo. All normal people call it Lego