FF:SA Lago ?? or Leggo ??

I think the $64,000 question here is...

Is it pronounced " LAGO"

or

"LEGGO"

the way it's written, it should be pronounced "LEEGO", but it's not...weird word "Lego"


it's like some people saying BOBA Fett, others say Bobba Fett....

so....how do you pronounce Lego ??

 

How its pronounced and how I pronounce it may not agree - Leggo

 

still say it should be pronounced Leego, but I've always pronounced it Lago

 

LEGGO

 

Quote from wikipedia about the phenomena of Shibboleth ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth )

In which case, it is our duty to pronounce it as Lago, even if we're wrong

 

LEGGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Always has been always will be.

 

Skipp

 

LOL! yeah. Nice one Skipp.

Someone had to go there.

 

It's correct pronounciation is Leggo ... but I pronounce it Lago

 

I say Leggo. Always have,always will!

 

Actually, if you read above, correct pronunciation is Lago....

 

DarthVercetti posted:

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Actually, if you read above, correct pronunciation is Lago....[hr][/blockquote]
Actually, I don't believe so ...

This from the LEGO builder's forum:

[i]
The name LEGO comes from the Danish words "Leg Godt", which means "Play well". In Latin it means "I put together".

[b] In other words it is pronounced "LEG-GO" NOT "LAY-GO" .
[/b]
LEGO is always shown in UPPERCASE. There is no such thing as LEGOs, it is always LEGO. Like sheep (singular) and sheep (multiple), not sheeps.


[/i]I think there's something in that for all of us! [face_tongue]

 

Yet a core group seem to refer to them as such...even in ads! I think it's a USA thing.

I cringe when I hear them referred to as Legos...gnnngngn.

 

I realise that this is one controversial subject in pronouncing this world wide known product.

Simple spelling alone looks like LEG-O or as Ze fwench would pronounce it le-go

I however (since DLA was a little takka) have pronounced it as LAY-GO













And that's the Bottom Line cause Alfy SAID SO !

 

Leggo.

But I say laygo...
We sound different to the rest of Australia because we weren't firstly settled by CONVICTS & therefore have CLASS. Perhaps to the point of speaking like we have plumbs in our mouths... If we are guilty of having a better class of citizen than the rest of Australia, then throw the book at us.....

Bah for the unwashed masses living outside of our borders...

 

It's Lego (Leg go) in every sense of the word.

There also right, anyone that was born in another state laughs in South Australia's direction because of that.

mind you we laugh at the word Fritz as well.

 

As an Italian I feel a need to comment. Leggo is an Italian invention, so like the sauce it's pronounced Leg-go, (loosely translated it means: I read. But it was a company name for kindergarten toys, not just the bricks.) But hey, it's all the same connector brick thingies.

 

C'mon guys, leggo might be the correct way, but LAYGO is the SA(FF) way

 

side note...to those who voted "other" how do you pronounce it if you don't pronounce it leggo or laygo ?

 

Firstly, I voted 'other' to be cheeky. Secondly, the Poll asks if you say it LAGO or LEGGO. LAGO, to me, looks like 'lahgo' which is just a ridiculous way of saying it LOL

But yeah, I say LAYGO, just cos it sounds better, and everyone I know seems to understand it when said LAYGO. I remember once asking a friend if they liked Lego (I said it LEGGO) and he said 'nah, Dolmio is better'

Nuff said

 

leg-oh!



yup that's how the pro's say it!

 

Well actually, "lego" can mean either bequeath or gather/choose, depending on what conjugation group you're looking at and the context


And that's what I get from doing Latin as a major

 

how do the people who voted "other" pronounce it then....Sabre we know why you voted other now..what about the others? I've only heard of laygo & leggo...seems that there's another way ?

 

i have always only ever called it 'lay-go'