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Pats and prevented the team from moving to Philadelphia. Smythe, a military man, immediately had the Toronto franchise name changed from the St. What we do know is that the maple leaf has been a symbol in Canada for centuries, quite literally. As far back as the s there is evidence of it being used to represent aspects of Canadian culture.
Actually, on closer inspection, the maple leaf was the symbol used by the th regiment as early as , and has been used in similar capacities over the next hundred years. All of that is known to many Leafs fans, and some avid hockey fans in general. Well, the answer again lies in the fact that the team name was adopted directly from the Maple Leaf regiment.
Let me explain with a very brief grammar lesson. You're a credit to the profession, Doc. There was a local hockey team -- even a baseball team -- called the Maple Leafs.
Some kind of Canadian thing, eh? It probably just looked better on the sweater. Got a question that's burning you up? E-mail The Answer Guy. And check out The Answer Guy Responds.
Click here if you're having problems with this page. Maple Leaves Unchained: Part 1 The first of three sets of The Kill Zone Every receiver knows what's In This Issue. Message Board. Customer Service. Why is it the Maple Leafs and not Leaves? Most Europeans would rather spend time with Canadians than Americans. You have to wear a maple leaf so that people don't give you the cold shoulder down the pub on account of the accent. A sabre tooth is not a kind of tooth, a low life is not a kind of life, the Maple Leafs are not kinds of leaves, etc.
Exocentric compounds are usually pluralized in the regular way - we say "lowlifes" and not "lowlives", "sabre tooths" and not "sabre teeth". And "Maple Leafs" not "Maple Leaves". John4 Jul Michael Cain quite true, whilst I like both Americans and Canadians Canadians being nicer, as they are less likely to kill you. Americans have taken to wearing maple leafs to avoid trouble, with people who can not distinguish between a government and its people, largely because the accents sound quite similar.
Mark2 Jul John, your explanation really piqued my interest at first, but being an English geek, I have to call you out on this. Chad1 Jan Why not? The meaning of "Maple Leafs" cannot be transparently guessed from its component parts. That's what an exocentric compound is.
John4 Jan Matt2 May JJMBallantyne May Since September 28, at pm this thread has been fiercely debated and now I have come to finish it after all! I shall use the most state of the art technology to solve this fiasco Another story says that Smythe named the team after a team he had once scouted, called the East Toronto Maple Leafs, while Smythe's grandson states that Conn named the team after the Maple Leaf insignia he had worn during the First World War.
MZFL42 Apr I also have love for my country. I understand when it comes to sports hockey in particular there is a Canada vs USA rivalry I went skiing in Mont Tremblant, and those French speaking 'people' were complete pricks I've noticed lots of Canadians hate Americans. They make it a point to let that be known. The hatred isn't quite there from us to you most Americans need to be reminded that Canada exists An inferiority complex?
We have to deal with enough crap from people living throughout different parts of our own country. Democrats vs Republicans dear God! In fact, Northerners don't even call themselves Yankees anymore, only Southerners do. I love Tim Hortons, maple whiskey and maple donuts, and ice hockey. Thanks for all those! I hate Gary Bettman, just like I'm sure you do. All that being said, I'm wearing my Maple Leafs jersey right now, and was just looking up why it is Leafs and not Leaves, because I always liked it "Leafs" Justin B Jan I'm an American who is in love with a Canadian woman.
She is married and so am I. I wish she would leave her husband for me. Jon4: your comment makes so much sense and completely explains this grammatical phenomenon! Low lifes!
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