A Common Nomenclature for Lego Families by Giles Turnbull - The Morning News
http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/opinions/a_common_nomenclature_for_lego_families.php

"Thousands of different Lego exist, yet when your seven-year-old asks for “a clippy bit,” you know exactly what to hand him. Giles Turnbull surveys a caucus of children." Giles brings utter joy again. (via infovore)

"This language of Lego isn’t just something our family has invented; every Lego-building family must have its own vocabulary. And the words they use (mostly invented by the children, not the adults) are likely to be different every time. But how different? And what sort of words? Hence, a survey. I asked fellow parents to donate their children for a few minutes, and name a selection of Lego pieces culled from the Lego parts store."

Cute.

The various names that kids call lego pieces. Roland Barthes would smile. s/z