Guess she better hope the spare key isn’t on TOP of the door frame, or people might find out how many lower layers she’s actually wearing…
Undrave
Don’t worry, Sal is probably still passed out in front of the door.
Screwball
Ah yes, almost forgot that. Mind you, lifting heavy items (such as lifting human sized & weighted lumps) can cause wardrobe shifting too. Again, potential lower layer count opportunity…
According to the Maple Leafs, they were named in honour of the Maple Leaf regiment that fought in WW1. In this case “Maple Leaf” would be a proper noun, and as such pluralizes to “Maple Leafs” rather than “Maple Leaves.”
a snow ʍousɐ
Hmm. True, but I wasn’t arguing whether the pluralization was correct. I was just idly remarking that the improper “leafs” is in fact a real word.
Or you could look at it as a headless compound. A maple leaf is a kind of leaf, and so follows the normal pluralization of ‘leaf’ to ‘leaves’. A Maple Leaf is a kind of regiment or a kind of hockey team (not a leaf) and so regularizes to ‘leafs’.
Marc in MN
See, this alone would keep me from being a fan of this team. I can’t in good conscience refer to them as the Maple Leafs as opposed to the Maple Leaves. 😉
a snow ʍousɐ
*though
As in, “she leafs through the copy of Gulliver’s Travels on the window-seat.”
Like “celtic” is pronounced “kell tic”, but the basketball team is “sell tix”.
Disloyal Subject
That one still bugs me. The Leafs get a pass, but the Celtics’ fans have yet to provide me a satisfactory explanation.
Charlie Spencer
That’s what bugs you? I’m having a hard time buying four students at an Indiana college are interested in a Canadian team. Sure, I can see one jersey-wearing supporter, but three more living on the same floor with enough knowledge to discuss them?
Raijink
A Canadian team in the sport of hockey, though. If they’re sports fans of any kind then they’re likely to have some awareness of at least the Maple Leafs and the Canadiens.
Charlie Spencer
I’m aware of them, but I couldn’t tell you if they’re any good or comment on their fan bases. Maybe it’s just because I live in South Carolina. The nearest team plays at least 3.5 hours away (Hurricanes). I recall there used to be a team in Atlanta (also 3.5 hours) but I couldn’t tell you if they’re still there.
Kat
They are not.
Tanarin
Also remember, Toronto is considered one of the “Original Six” teams in hockey. They have a fanbase similar in size to say… Yankees/Red Sox in baseball or Green Bay in Football. Being around as long as they have also gives them the advantage of easily having numerous fans that transcend borders.
wait, you pronounce that “kell tic” in the US ? <_<;
AndieStardust
I don’t but, eh.
Bill
Some of us do.
Yet_One_More_Idiot
Yeah, but even here in the UK, Celtic is pronounced “Kell Tic” when talking about the Celtic people. But the association football team in the Scottish Premier is Glasgow Celtic (“Sell Tic”). So that one breaks the rules in both countries. 😉
TachyonCode
I used to pronounce it “sell tic”, but only because I never heard anybody discuss this and I assumed “cel” should be read exactly as it is when used in “cel shading” or “bacterial cell”.
Now, after years of talking to people who know their Celtic history, I know better.
Anonymous
‘Celtic’ has been pronounced both ways centuries prior to the basketball team, so I don’t think they get the credit for that one. It has nothing to do with the United States, either.
Michael Lanting
At least they’re honest about it, the other teams just want to sell tix too…
ewx
UK pronunciations that I’ve heard are initial /s/ for Celtic FC and an initial /k/ for everything else – the language group, art style, etc. The former is consistent with French pronunciation, which in turn is what you’d expect from the sound shifts between classical Latin and French; apparently the /k/ in modern English is a C19th affectation.
JesseH
First time poster here, but I feel like I should chime in. I’m a linguist and I study the Cornish language, a small Celtic tongue in southwestern Britain (in Cornwall). Traditionally, “sell-tik” has been the dominant pronunciation for the term. It was first applied to peoples in England and Ireland by linguists, describing a language family, and it was a “sell” sound (the term was invented by a linguist named Edward Lhuyd drawing from Roman writings). The Americans (of which I am one!) pronounced it “Kel-tik” because of differences in American and British spellings that led them to read it differently. Because of the dominance of American English globally post-WWII (and especially of the popularity of the Celtics basketball team in the 1980s), the American pronunciation crossed over the Atlantic and made some inroads into Britain.
JesseH
Ugh. So much for writing in a hurry. Reverse all the “sell” and “Kel” I wrote above. “Sell” is obviously American, “Kel” is British. Beyond that, everything else I said was correct.
Deanatay
Maybe it’s purpose-based pronunciation. After all, the sports team is there, in the end, to “sell tix”.
Tayo
go celtics! #bleedgreen
Ed Rhodes
I don’t know how to write this phonetically, but my daughter
used to say;
Never forget, it’s the Hunchback of Notre Daame (looking for short
“a” sound) and the Quarterback of Notre Dame (long “a” sound.)
I have been waiting so long for hilarious sports-team-based sitcom misunderstandings! My life has been incomplete ever since “Hillary Misunderstands Sports Teams” went off the air in the mid-to-late nineties!
Discussion (202) - “Maple Leafs”
Disloyal Subject
Smooth, Billie.
David Herbert
She’s still high on Ruth loving.
Dreadhawk177
Oh wait, I’m not wearing my Leafs pants, am I?
Screwball
Guess she better hope the spare key isn’t on TOP of the door frame, or people might find out how many lower layers she’s actually wearing…
Undrave
Don’t worry, Sal is probably still passed out in front of the door.
Screwball
Ah yes, almost forgot that. Mind you, lifting heavy items (such as lifting human sized & weighted lumps) can cause wardrobe shifting too. Again, potential lower layer count opportunity…
Bagge
And alcohol, sadly
Yet_One_More_Idiot
But Ruthie-lovin’ will give her a bigger and longer-lasting high than the alcohol.
Not least because alcohol doesn’t give a high, it’s a downer. xD
Narf
“High” is a subjective term and I believe there are many people who would argue that alcohol does, in fact, give them what could be called a “high.” 😉
Planken
For you perhaps. I get pretty damn happy on alcohol.xD
-Sentinel-
I get happy AND sleepy.
GoogerGeiger
Billie Jean’s a smooth criminal.
…………..sorry
Arikel
oh my god
Chris
But she isn’t wearing any pants!
Jimmeh the Bear
GO LEAFS… Leaves? Leeeeefs?
Disloyal Subject
Leaves is the correct pluralization of the word, but team names laugh in the face of correctness.
a snow ʍousɐ
Leafs is a verb , hough.
ANeM
According to the Maple Leafs, they were named in honour of the Maple Leaf regiment that fought in WW1. In this case “Maple Leaf” would be a proper noun, and as such pluralizes to “Maple Leafs” rather than “Maple Leaves.”
a snow ʍousɐ
Hmm. True, but I wasn’t arguing whether the pluralization was correct. I was just idly remarking that the improper “leafs” is in fact a real word.
Eyebrow
Well done!
Or you could look at it as a headless compound. A maple leaf is a kind of leaf, and so follows the normal pluralization of ‘leaf’ to ‘leaves’. A Maple Leaf is a kind of regiment or a kind of hockey team (not a leaf) and so regularizes to ‘leafs’.
Marc in MN
See, this alone would keep me from being a fan of this team. I can’t in good conscience refer to them as the Maple Leafs as opposed to the Maple Leaves. 😉
a snow ʍousɐ
*though
As in, “she leafs through the copy of Gulliver’s Travels on the window-seat.”
qka
Like “celtic” is pronounced “kell tic”, but the basketball team is “sell tix”.
Disloyal Subject
That one still bugs me. The Leafs get a pass, but the Celtics’ fans have yet to provide me a satisfactory explanation.
Charlie Spencer
That’s what bugs you? I’m having a hard time buying four students at an Indiana college are interested in a Canadian team. Sure, I can see one jersey-wearing supporter, but three more living on the same floor with enough knowledge to discuss them?
Raijink
A Canadian team in the sport of hockey, though. If they’re sports fans of any kind then they’re likely to have some awareness of at least the Maple Leafs and the Canadiens.
Charlie Spencer
I’m aware of them, but I couldn’t tell you if they’re any good or comment on their fan bases. Maybe it’s just because I live in South Carolina. The nearest team plays at least 3.5 hours away (Hurricanes). I recall there used to be a team in Atlanta (also 3.5 hours) but I couldn’t tell you if they’re still there.
Kat
They are not.
Tanarin
Also remember, Toronto is considered one of the “Original Six” teams in hockey. They have a fanbase similar in size to say… Yankees/Red Sox in baseball or Green Bay in Football. Being around as long as they have also gives them the advantage of easily having numerous fans that transcend borders.
DarkoNeko
wait, you pronounce that “kell tic” in the US ? <_<;
AndieStardust
I don’t but, eh.
Bill
Some of us do.
Yet_One_More_Idiot
Yeah, but even here in the UK, Celtic is pronounced “Kell Tic” when talking about the Celtic people. But the association football team in the Scottish Premier is Glasgow Celtic (“Sell Tic”). So that one breaks the rules in both countries. 😉
TachyonCode
I used to pronounce it “sell tic”, but only because I never heard anybody discuss this and I assumed “cel” should be read exactly as it is when used in “cel shading” or “bacterial cell”.
Now, after years of talking to people who know their Celtic history, I know better.
Anonymous
‘Celtic’ has been pronounced both ways centuries prior to the basketball team, so I don’t think they get the credit for that one. It has nothing to do with the United States, either.
Michael Lanting
At least they’re honest about it, the other teams just want to sell tix too…
ewx
UK pronunciations that I’ve heard are initial /s/ for Celtic FC and an initial /k/ for everything else – the language group, art style, etc. The former is consistent with French pronunciation, which in turn is what you’d expect from the sound shifts between classical Latin and French; apparently the /k/ in modern English is a C19th affectation.
JesseH
First time poster here, but I feel like I should chime in. I’m a linguist and I study the Cornish language, a small Celtic tongue in southwestern Britain (in Cornwall). Traditionally, “sell-tik” has been the dominant pronunciation for the term. It was first applied to peoples in England and Ireland by linguists, describing a language family, and it was a “sell” sound (the term was invented by a linguist named Edward Lhuyd drawing from Roman writings). The Americans (of which I am one!) pronounced it “Kel-tik” because of differences in American and British spellings that led them to read it differently. Because of the dominance of American English globally post-WWII (and especially of the popularity of the Celtics basketball team in the 1980s), the American pronunciation crossed over the Atlantic and made some inroads into Britain.
JesseH
Ugh. So much for writing in a hurry. Reverse all the “sell” and “Kel” I wrote above. “Sell” is obviously American, “Kel” is British. Beyond that, everything else I said was correct.
Deanatay
Maybe it’s purpose-based pronunciation. After all, the sports team is there, in the end, to “sell tix”.
Tayo
go celtics! #bleedgreen
Ed Rhodes
I don’t know how to write this phonetically, but my daughter
used to say;
Never forget, it’s the Hunchback of Notre Daame (looking for short
“a” sound) and the Quarterback of Notre Dame (long “a” sound.)
Tom
It’s pronounced “leev-zay”
-Sentinel-
I like your avatar alot. 😉
neeks
I like your comment alot.
JWLM
No, it’s prounced Dee-na
Gangler
Leaves if you’re talking about foliage. Leafs if you’re talking about hockey players.
Disloyal Subject
Yes, that.
Vince
If you’re talking about the Leafs, you’re not talking about hockey players.
blackhat64
OHHHHHHHHHH
*pretends to know about sports simply to acknowledge burn”
Deanatay
This is like ‘dwarfs’ if you’re talking about small humans, ‘dwarves’ if you’re talking about fantasy races.
All-purpose guru
Yeah, don’t talk about grammar to a Leafs fan.
Or hockey, either.
AnvilPro
Why was Billy a cheerleader in high school? She should have been in drama club with those acting skills!
Orbit Junkie
Well she is majoring in…theater…now, so I guess that’s been fixed.
Bagge
I love this comment so much
StClair
She’s a thespian.
Deanatay
Hips, lips, all the same rhythm.
Mr. Random
Did she move ALL of her clothes?
caramelundqueer
Apparently?
John
No, just the ones she thinks she should be wearing.
Kitty
I can’t read “leafs” without twitching.
Kris
Billie’s been a diehard Leafs fan for what a week now?
JWLM
More like seven seconds than seven days.
Tofusmith
I believe she’s a Leafs fan fan
Arikel
this
Urukak
Oh man, I love hilarious sports-team-based sitcom misunderstandings!
Saru
I’m also loving the new direction Willis is taking with this comic, I think it will really be a change for the better!
John
Billie without pants isn’t exactly a new direction, but I’m still in favor of it.
Tenn
I have been waiting so long for hilarious sports-team-based sitcom misunderstandings! My life has been incomplete ever since “Hillary Misunderstands Sports Teams” went off the air in the mid-to-late nineties!
HMRC4EVR
As long as the comic doesn’t turn into ‘Coach’ or ‘The White Shadow’.
winter
And now we know why she’s not wearing pants in the new character model.
Bill