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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: Where have all the definitive articles gone? |
| Date | Thu, 04 Sep 2003 02:26:39 -0400 |
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At 02:16 AM 9/4/2003 -0400, Jaimie Vernon wrote:
>Eurythmics....never had a "the" or "thee"....
Well, that one doesn't actually count. "Eurythmics" is an ancient Greek
word that means basically, "bodies moving in rhythm," a common choreography
term, and so doesn't require a definite article. It would be different if
it was a shortened portmanteau word for "Rhythmic Europeans" or something.
As it happens, I'm listening to Jaimie's Scarborough homeboys right this
second, which reminds me that I don't think it's ever been THE Barenaked
Ladies.
Another missing definite article: after their second album, second-string
Tennessee jangle-poppers the Judybats became simply "Judybats." Apparently
the definite article was the source of all their power, though, because the
two albums they did without it sucked on ice.
S
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