PugJesus@piefed.social to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoTime to change the English languagemedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down13
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minus-squarekindnesskills@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 month ago“Dwarfs” is just short for “Dwarf S(tars)”. The plural is on star, not dwarf, and hidden in the shortened version. (Source: my ass, pleasedon’tquotemeonthis)
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoNah, I think for titles,. it’s an exception. The Toronto Maple Leafs, for example, are not the Maple Leaves.
“Dwarfs” is just short for “Dwarf S(tars)”. The plural is on star, not dwarf, and hidden in the shortened version.
(Source: my ass, pleasedon’tquotemeonthis)
Nah, I think for titles,. it’s an exception.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, for example, are not the Maple Leaves.