Sunday, November 9, 2008

Ban the Mass Noun Nickname (Redux)!


Country music star Taylor Swift, quoted by Sasha Frere-Jones of The New Yorker, prior to playing a show in St. Paul at the X:

"So the hockey team is the Wild or the Wilds?"

You see! Mass noun nicknames are not just awkward, they're confusing!

Obviously I rest my case.

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