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Help[Opinions] Swedish name Lego kinda rhymes w/ Diego... in 1 Swede's opinion based on her dialect
Posted the name laws link on my fb w/ a comment on Lego being quite the name choice (my fam grew up playing w/ Lego... of the toy variety) and a Swedish acquaintance informed me that it really is a Swedish name and is prn. differently than the toys... even recorded it for me to hear.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YAN0CUCD
She said she thinks it's unisex.
Here's a quote from her(which may have been influenced by her dialect):
well... 'lego' is pronouced differently in swedish, so it's actually quite a nice name, it sounds very sweet. and, if you split it into 'le' and 'go' it actually means 'smile' and 'lovely' in swedish/scanian (scanian is my swedish dialect). :)
Still nms exactly, but takes on a new personality... and seems a little less silly. Trying to think which of my bro.s would be more likely to at least consider using it.
wdyt?
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YAN0CUCD
She said she thinks it's unisex.
Here's a quote from her(which may have been influenced by her dialect):
well... 'lego' is pronouced differently in swedish, so it's actually quite a nice name, it sounds very sweet. and, if you split it into 'le' and 'go' it actually means 'smile' and 'lovely' in swedish/scanian (scanian is my swedish dialect). :)
Still nms exactly, but takes on a new personality... and seems a little less silly. Trying to think which of my bro.s would be more likely to at least consider using it.
wdyt?
This message was edited 7/4/2010, 7:55 AM
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I think it's a joke.
That sounds too much like a case of babies named Armani.
That sounds too much like a case of babies named Armani.
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there were 367 girls named Armani and 472 boys named Armani in the US last year. lol
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Well, there are 2 (1 w/ mn) in Sweden w/ name Lego... This gal was more arguing for the case of its being usable as a name than for it being a standard.
Still don't think I'd use it.
Still don't think I'd use it.
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Another skeptical Swede here... I checked those two Swedish Lego. Judging from their age and other names, at least one of them has most likely changed his name to it. So probably nobody has actually named their child Lego. Fortunately, I must say, because I don't like it and don't think it sounds like a name.
This message was edited 7/4/2010, 8:22 AM
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I think she was more arguing for its usability than anything... Can see my response to CN for more... but anyway, that's why I said it was "in 1 Swede's opinion"... 'cause it definitely doesn't speak for everybody. There's still the matter that 2 someones- for some bizarre reason- actually chose the name either for themselves or someone else and somehow got it approved... Why? I really don't know.
I wouldn't use it personally, but it is a step better than some of the other weird word names I've heard... and a refreshing change from Ethan and Liam which I like even less.
I wouldn't use it personally, but it is a step better than some of the other weird word names I've heard... and a refreshing change from Ethan and Liam which I like even less.
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Sounds like a fib to me.
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more her perspective and playing around w/ the name than an outright fib. Read my reply to CN and you'll see what I mean
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Scanian is my Swedish dialect too and even though 'le' and 'go' mean what she says, that is not what people hear when they hear Lego. I also doubt you would be allowed to give your child Lego as a first name in Sweden since it is a brand name (and very well known too) and brand names are not allowed as names.
I do agree with every other Swede here. Lego isn't a name in Sweden and I don't know why she said it is. It's just not. Also, Lego is pronounced the same whether it is the toy or the "name". To be honest it seems like she just made it all up.
I do agree with every other Swede here. Lego isn't a name in Sweden and I don't know why she said it is. It's just not. Also, Lego is pronounced the same whether it is the toy or the "name". To be honest it seems like she just made it all up.
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I think it's more she was arguing for its usability... It has been used twice... However, I don't know what the officials were thinking when they approved it.
Keep in mind that she's also lived outside Sweden for a while and may have a broader perspective in what she's open to being usable as a name.
Also from a cultural and linguistic perspective among the more creative, there's also the matter of names potentially be what you make them into... like taking 2 ideas and sticking them together. We have smushed together "real" names in N. Am. sometimes. W/ L's playing around w/ Scanian, it could become a smushed together wordname w/ the drawback of it being particularly strange for the language and culture it's in. It would prob'ly fly better in N.Am. than among most in Sweden. Add in the fact that I now live in a culture that "makes names" and some of those names sound the same as some in other languages, but have totally dif. meanings... and parents get really creative w/ prn.s of kanji and drive their kids' teachers nuts.
Thus, I'm not saying it SHOULD be classified as a name- just that I can see where she's coming from w/ arguing in its favour.
Keep in mind that she's also lived outside Sweden for a while and may have a broader perspective in what she's open to being usable as a name.
Also from a cultural and linguistic perspective among the more creative, there's also the matter of names potentially be what you make them into... like taking 2 ideas and sticking them together. We have smushed together "real" names in N. Am. sometimes. W/ L's playing around w/ Scanian, it could become a smushed together wordname w/ the drawback of it being particularly strange for the language and culture it's in. It would prob'ly fly better in N.Am. than among most in Sweden. Add in the fact that I now live in a culture that "makes names" and some of those names sound the same as some in other languages, but have totally dif. meanings... and parents get really creative w/ prn.s of kanji and drive their kids' teachers nuts.
Thus, I'm not saying it SHOULD be classified as a name- just that I can see where she's coming from w/ arguing in its favour.
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Lego is NOT a Swedish name. It's not a name in any language, as far as I know.
This message was edited 7/4/2010, 7:39 AM
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Here's what the person said (which may have been influenced by her dialect):
well... 'lego' is pronouced differently in swedish, so it's actually quite a nice name, it sounds very sweet. and, if you split it into 'le' and 'go' it actually means 'smile' and 'lovely' in swedish/scanian (scanian is my swedish dialect). :)
well... 'lego' is pronouced differently in swedish, so it's actually quite a nice name, it sounds very sweet. and, if you split it into 'le' and 'go' it actually means 'smile' and 'lovely' in swedish/scanian (scanian is my swedish dialect). :)
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Of course Lego is pronounced differently; English and Swedish are different languages. That the brand name Lego can be split into Swedish words does not make it a legitimate name.
Maybe your acquaintance is of the opinion that any "name" that has been used on a human (whether it's Catherine, John, Bronwyn, Lego or Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116) is a real, legitimate name.
ETA: Her dialect has nothing to do with whether Lego is a real name or not.
Maybe your acquaintance is of the opinion that any "name" that has been used on a human (whether it's Catherine, John, Bronwyn, Lego or Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116) is a real, legitimate name.
ETA: Her dialect has nothing to do with whether Lego is a real name or not.
This message was edited 7/4/2010, 8:36 AM
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Not so much a matter of it actually being a real name, but being twisted around to be used as such.
Still doesn't make me wish to use it... though I must say it is better than Sex Fruit.
Still doesn't make me wish to use it... though I must say it is better than Sex Fruit.
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OT somewhat: Lego's a Danish brand of toys...
The name put together by the Danish words "Leg" (Play) & "Godt" (Well).
There's no Swedish about it. It may be used as a name somewhere - not in Denmark though - cause it is a brand name, but it was coined in here.
Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego
Sorry for this, just had to makes some corrections, being Danish and all.
The name put together by the Danish words "Leg" (Play) & "Godt" (Well).
There's no Swedish about it. It may be used as a name somewhere - not in Denmark though - cause it is a brand name, but it was coined in here.
Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego
Sorry for this, just had to makes some corrections, being Danish and all.
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Things can change in dif. languages too though... Didn't say it was a common name...
Here's what the person said (which may have been influenced by her dialect):
well... 'lego' is pronouced differently in swedish, so it's actually quite a nice name, it sounds very sweet. and, if you split it into 'le' and 'go' it actually means 'smile' and 'lovely' in swedish/scanian (scanian is my swedish dialect). :)
PS. Wiki has its cracks in info as well.
Here's what the person said (which may have been influenced by her dialect):
well... 'lego' is pronouced differently in swedish, so it's actually quite a nice name, it sounds very sweet. and, if you split it into 'le' and 'go' it actually means 'smile' and 'lovely' in swedish/scanian (scanian is my swedish dialect). :)
PS. Wiki has its cracks in info as well.
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Yeah right..
I am Swedish and I tell you, lego is hardly a name here. There is TWO people named Lego in Sweden, one of them has it as a MN. Both are men. If you ask me, lego isn't a name. At all.
I am Swedish and I tell you, lego is hardly a name here. There is TWO people named Lego in Sweden, one of them has it as a MN. Both are men. If you ask me, lego isn't a name. At all.
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Maybe it depends on perspective. She didn't say it was a common name. Thanks for the gender clarification. Even people w/in a country can have things off. (she spends a lot of time out of country)
Here's how she explained it:
well... 'lego' is pronouced differently in swedish, so it's actually quite a nice name, it sounds very sweet. and, if you split it into 'le' and 'go' it actually means 'smile' and 'lovely' in swedish/scanian (scanian is my swedish dialect). :)
Here's how she explained it:
well... 'lego' is pronouced differently in swedish, so it's actually quite a nice name, it sounds very sweet. and, if you split it into 'le' and 'go' it actually means 'smile' and 'lovely' in swedish/scanian (scanian is my swedish dialect). :)
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