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NateO


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Two guys from Toronto die and wake up in hell. The devil stops in to check on them and sees them dressed in parkas, mittens and toques warming themselves around the fire. The devil asks, "Isn't it hot enough for you?"


They reply, "'Well, we're from Canada, the land of snow and ice and cold. We're just happy for a chance to warm up a little bit, eh." The devil decides they aren't miserable enough and turns up the heat.


The next morning, there they are, still in parkas, toques and mittens. The devil asks again, "It's awfully hot down here, can't you guys feel it?" Again they reply, "Well, like we told ya, we're from Canada, land of ice and snow, and we're just happy for a chance to warm up a little, eh."


This gets the devil steamed up. He cranks the heat up as high as it will go. People are wailing and screaming. He finds the two Canadians in light jackets, grilling sausages and drinking beer. The devil is astonished. "Everyone down here is in misery, and you two seem to be enjoying yourselves..."


The two Canadians reply, "We don't get much warm weather in Toronto. We've just got to have a cook-out when the weather is THIS nice." The devil is furious, and decides to turn all the heat off in hell.


The next morning, icicles are everywhere, people are unable to do anythingbut wail, moan and gnash their teeth. The devil smiles. He finds the two Canadians back in their parkas, toques and mittens. But now they are jumping up and down, cheering, yelling and screaming like mad men! The Devil is dumbfounded.


"When I turn up the heat you're happy. Now it's freezing and you're still happy. What is wrong with you two?" The Torontonians look at the devil in surprise, "Don't you know? If Hell freezes over, it must mean the Leafs have won the Stanley Cup!!"



 



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Go the Leafs!!!.


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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/news/2001/03/30/domi_fight_ap/




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Should one of us tell them the plural of "leaf" is "leaves"?

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 Psst, see the verb, mate:


http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=leafs




-- Edited by NateO at 21:12, 2006-02-07

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  how can a tree turn pages?

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Your reference tells me "leafs" is a form of the verb "to leaf", I knew this.  A team name however, is by very definition a noun.



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It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the Canadians are, in fact, on to you, Shaz:


http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/words/plurals.html





If Amis were alive today, he might well ask why the Maple Leafs aren't called the Maple Leaves. A crime against the Queen's English? It's doubtful the RCMP are investigating.



So what the hell is going on, here? A noun with an irregular member:


http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/oxen.html





From the above observation, we might consider the following, mostly-true generalization: If a noun has an irregular member (like the noun ox with its plural oxen), that noun may be regularized (ox is to oxes as box is to boxes) if it is used metaphorically. Consider the following examples:


- Referring to the actual bird: "There's a couple of silly geese."
- Referring metaphorically to a couple of silly people: "There's a couple of silly gooses."


- Referring to the actual foliage: "the Toronto maple leaves"
- Referring to the team: "The Toronto Maple Leafs"





Go the Leafs!!!.


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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/news/2001/03/30/domi_fight _ap/




-- Edited by NateO at 06:25, 2006-02-08

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Bet the yourdictionary author's a fan!

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NateO wrote:

If a noun has an irregular member ... that noun may be regularized ...if it is used metaphorically. Consider the following examples: - Referring to the actual foliage: "the Toronto maple leaves" - Referring to the team: "The Toronto Maple Leafs" Go the Leafs!!!.
So... what you're telling is is that your team is... just a metaphor...?

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The name is, it sure isn't foliage.

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sha76jam wrote:

Bet the yourdictionary author's a fan!
Sure ought to be!!!.  

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hehehe, grammar arguments - my favourite!

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bonniepirateanne wrote:

hehehe, grammar arguments - my favourite!

I love 'em too.  In fact I'll have you know my last two Xmas pressies from the JDK were a book on spelling & a book on grammar.


Do you think he was trying to tell me something?



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the jdk didn't give us Christmas presents! favouritism!!!

was it 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves'? great book

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bonniepirateanne wrote:


hehehe, grammar arguments - my favourite!


Yes this was quite good. What's even better, and why this thread hasn't been hijacked yet ( ), is that the language Gods are Leafs fans!


Go the Leafs!!!.


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Has anyone read this yet?


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I promise it's worth your while! Damn near too good to be true, in fact!!



-- Edited by NateO at 17:43, 2006-02-10

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NateO wrote:

 I promise it's worth your while! Damn near too good to be true, in fact!!
Damn.  That's almost too good to be true!

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Really was, like Christmas in March!!  

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Christmas is in March isn't it?  People give me presents in March.  It must be Christmas.

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People give you presents hoping you will quit whilst ahead and leave them alone for the rest of the year...


Year on year it fails to work...



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