Is the toy brick brand LEGO pronounced 'lae-go' or 'leg-o'?

Question

I'm not looking for whether they are officially called 'Legos' or 'Lego bricks' but how LEGO itself is pronounced.

Answer 1

I've always said "lae-go", and most people I know say it that way too.

Answer 2

The answer is that it's how the Danes pronounce the word "leg", which I believe is more like a short e (as in "beg") rather than a long a sound (as in "lay").  The name "Lego" actually comes from a concatenation of the Danish words "leg" and "godt", meaning "play well", coined in 1934 by Ole Kirk Christiansen.  So as a result, the answer lies in how the Danish word "leg" is pronounced.

However, there is no "official" pronunciation.  I've heard company representatives and even their CEO and owner pronounce it differently.

DaveE

Answer 3

Ive heard it both ways but i think lae-go is more popular

Answer 4

leg-o

Answer 5

i always say leg-o. maybe it depends on where you're from? i'm from the south..in florida..so i dunno. most people i know say leg-o

Answer 6

yes there is, but they're fakes, "lie-go", "lii-go", and "leg-go" are also fakes

Answer 7

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lego go to this website! You can hear how it pronoun the word.

Hope this help =)

Answer 8

its probably both but i usualy say it leg-o