*facepalms*

[ivyblossom]

....I just realized that I've never noticed that 'The Toronto Maple Leafs' is grammatically incorrect.

O_O

Hopefully this just proves that I'm Canadian to the core and not that I'm just not very good with grammar.

Comments

[novembersnow.livejournal.com]

I just realized that I've never noticed that 'The Toronto Maple Leafs' is grammatically incorrect.

Um...perhaps we can call it artistic license?

(Hockey is an art form. *nods*)

Maple Leaves...

[framlingem.livejournal.com]

Well, being from a rival town, I call them the Laughs, which settles the grammar problem quite nicely. On the other hand, my team aren't doing particularly well, either, so I should shut up now.

[cirakaite.livejournal.com]

The sign of a dead hockey team is when people know more about the Leafs than they do about the Habs. RIP Canadiens. /random

But it would sound awful to say the Leaves, wouldn't it? And there wouldn't be the instant name recognition thing :P But the test of being truly Canadian- do you have a t-shirt of the "I Am Canadian" rant Molson ad, and/or recite half of it without prompting?

[cirakaite.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, that comment above should have read when people *in Montreal* know more about the Leafs than about the Habs.

[auntbeast.livejournal.com]

just to play devil's advocate, i think the test of being truly canadian is a refusal to have one's national identity promoted to the world at large as merely a commodity. i am more than a beer and some over-paid ad executive's script.

on a side note, even though i'm a leafs fan by default, where i live right now, the big rivalry is habs/bruins. anyone who smashes the bruins is okay in my book.

[mapletide.livejournal.com]

*giggle*

I'm not sure when I realised that it was grammatically incorrect, but it was a while after I started following the team. Fact is, I don't really care, even though in all other circumstances, I would.

*shrug* Call it being Canadian. Call it whatever. But I don't think it matters much ;)

*chants softly and scampers away*

[kerri]

LOL It never really registered on me, either. Ah well. Such is the joy of being Canadian. :D

*facepalms too*

[moonlight69]

I'm not even Canadian, so what's my excuse for having to reread the thing 4 times before I realised what was wrong? *beats head on desk* Anyone want a beta? *snort*