dialect in novels

[Bob Fitzke]

Speaking of "nerve-grating", why is the Toronto hockey club known as the
"Maple Leafs" and not the "Maple Leaves"?

Beverly Flanigan wrote:
>
> At 10:13 AM 2/25/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >Wouldn't argue. It just seems that one or the other is redundant; like
> >"focus in on" or "continued on".
> >
> >Go Green
> >
> >Bob
>
> Reminds me of a former TA who considers "co-occur together" (quoted from
> Fromkin & Rodman, our old Lx favorite) to be "teeth-clenchingly,
> nerve-gratingly redundant."  Needless to say, she's no longer teaching
> linguistics.
>
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