A Common Nomenclature for Lego Families
Every family, it seems, has its own set of words for describing particular Lego pieces. No one uses the official names. “Dad, please could you pass me that Brick 2x2?” No. In our house, it’ll always be: “Dad, please could you pass me that four-er?
After weeks of preparation, my latest for The Morning News is published today, and I'm quite pleased with it. I suspect every Lego player has a list of their own unique Lego names in their head, even if none of them are ever spoken aloud to others. Once I realised that we had our own family taxonomy, I knew I wanted to find out what words other families used for the same pieces of plastic. This article is the result.
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