LEGO takes its name from two Danish words. What do they mean?
Play well
The answer was Play well. Here's the why, the decoys, and the source trail.
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LEGO comes from ‘leg godt,’ Danish for ‘play well.’ The company adopted the name in 1934, before it made the plastic bricks that became familiar around the world. Its early business was making wooden toys, so the name described an ambition for play rather than a particular building system. What now looks like a word invented for interlocking bricks began as a small piece of advice: play well.
LEGO comes from ‘leg godt,’ Danish for ‘play well.’ The company adopted the name in 1934, before it made the plastic bricks that became familiar around the world. Its early business was making wooden toys, so the name described an ambition for play rather.
Play well is the one to remember. LEGO comes from ‘leg godt,’ Danish for ‘play well.’ The company adopted the name in 1934, before it made the plastic bricks that became familiar around the world. The familiar LEGO brick took its present form in 1958.
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