What’s right about it? That particular phrase drives me bananas.
I say plaster, not band-aid.
I say Lego, not legos.
I say tissue, not kleenex.
I don’t know anyone who says xerox instead of photocopy.
I say rubbish bin, but then we don’t have “Dumpster” as a brand here.
I say lemonade, not sprite or 7up.
… just to add to your stats!
The problem with this, of course, is that lemonade is an entirely different beverage in North America. The confusion between lemonade-as-a-generic-term-for-7UP-or-Sprite (common in the UK, and Australia at least, apparently) and lemonade-as-a-beverage-made-from-lemon-juice-sugar-and-water has caused at least one North American beer company to produce a commercial shandy made of beer and lemonade made with the latter recipe.
I don’t mean to hurt anyone’s feelings, but the only people who call them “Legos” are communists and thieves. They’re “Lego pieces” or “Lego blocks” or “pieces of Lego” or “Lego parts” or, if you really know what you’re talking about, simply “Lego,” as in “look at all that Lego.” Using the word “Legos” demonstrates that you are a worthless philistine.
But again, no offense intended! Thanks for listening. Remember
But do you drink your lemonade from polystyrene cups, or STYROFOAM[sup]TM[/sup] ones? 
In keeping with tracers fine examples-
You buy a box of “Pop-Tarts”. You open the bag and heat one of the two. You prepare to eat it. What are you holding? Well, a “Pop-Tart”, right?
Uh-uh, says Kellog. You are holding one “Pop-Tarts”. The name of the product is “Pop-Tarts”, and the serving size is one.
So please, please don’t refer to a “Pop-Tarts” as a “Pop-Tart” in the singular in day to day speech. That would make the corporate baby Jesus cry. 
Look.
It’s really very simple.
The Lego company called their stuff Lego, and they know how to use the word correctly, being their word, and their product, and all. So, “Lego”, like “sheep” and “fish” can apply to one or many items.
If you really feel the need to add an “s” to every phrase when used in the plural sense, then add it to the second word (“look at all them there lego brickS!”).
It really shits me when ppl say “legos”, cos it’s just plain wrong (er, as in, incorrect, of course).
As you were.
abby
As citizen of the United States I have to protest these unwarranted restrictions on my constitutionally protected ability and God given right to add an “s” where I see fit, and will have to take a principled stand in defense of pluralism against the creeping socialist mind control of the clever Danes using LEGO(s)as the beachhead for world domination. It much more than just “Play in the LEGO sense”, it’s indoctrination into the false world of smug LEGO complacency.
It is evident that the Danes, noted as a congenitally depressive and gloomy lot, (see Kierkegaard) always on the edge of ending it all because their dike broke, their tulips didn’t bloom or their neighbor is having his way with their wife, have constructed the LEGO empire as a bulwark against the hazards of an uncertain world. LEGO represents a happy island of socialist stability where the happy little socialist LEGO societies go about their smiling way.
From the above link:
“STYROFOAM and the color Blue are trademarks of The Dow Chemical Company”
Good gravy! THEY’VE TRADEMARKED THE COLOR BLUE?!?! :eek:
astro, these ranting references seem to be about the Dutch, not the Danes. Please, try to get your geopolitical stereotypes straight!
And now… a totally unrelated but puzzling hijack-thought I had when in perusing this thread:
Does anybody know if Kellogg’s® Eggo® waffels has had to ante-up for their blantant copyright infringement of the “Leggo my Eggo”[sup]TM[/sup] variety? That extra “g” might be their saving grace, but if the Lego® company thinks they can quibble over adding the letter “s”…
How embarrasing! :o I’ve mixed and matched my Dutchmen and Danes.
Must make crib sheet from www.cia.gov
Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark
Gvt- constitutional monarchy
GDP: purchasing power parity - $136.2 billion (2000 est.)
Pop- 5,352,815 (July 2001 est.)
Background: Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the political and economic integration of Europe. So far, however, the country has opted out of some aspects of the European Union’s Maastricht Treaty, including the economic and monetary system (EMU) and issues concerning certain internal affairs.
Holland - Kingdom of the Netherlands
Gvt -constitutional monarchy
GDP: purchasing power parity - $388.4 billion (2000 est.)
Pop- 15,981,472 (July 2001 est.)
Background: The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I but suffered a brutal invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized nation, the Netherlands is also a large exporter of agricultural products. The country was a founding member of NATO and the EC, and participated in the introduction of the euro in 1999.
Acccckkkk!
I can’t believe what I started with a little information. :smack:
When I wrote a write-up for Everything that was about Lego blocks, I was taken to task for using the Legos (by the person who had written about the proper form of the plural) so I was already sensitized.
I’m glad I didn’t mention about how Lego blocks are like atoms. 
Purchasing power parity ?!
So that means they’re not adopting the Euro as their unity of currency. In which case, they’re using what, the Danish Pastry?