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The Beatles aren't in the same league. Think more of "Grateful Dead" and "Pixies", who's names appear to begin with "The", and often people say it that way incorrectly. |
The Beatles aren't in the same league. Think more of "Grateful Dead" and "Pixies", who's names appear to begin with "The", and often people say it that way incorrectly. |
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Just because "The" isn't official in their name doesn't mean it's incorrect to say "the Buzzcocks over there" as was said above. Saying "Buzzcocks are over there just sounds weird. I don't think there was a need to remove every "the" from before their name in this article. |
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Revision as of 21:55, 8 October 2005
The?
A pedantic thought on Like many other groups whose name appears to be a plural noun (notably Eurythmics), Buzzcocks' name is frequently rendered incorrectly with a "The" in front it. The group's name is simply Buzzcocks.
Consider The Beatles.
- Band: The Beatles
- Single member: A Beatle
- Those two members over there: The Beatles over there.
How about Buzzcocks?
- Band: Buzzcocks
- Single member: A Buzzcock?
- Those two members over there: The Buzzcocks over there? Notinasnaid 28 June 2005 08:54 (UTC)
The Beatles aren't in the same league. Think more of "Grateful Dead" and "Pixies", who's names appear to begin with "The", and often people say it that way incorrectly. --66.68.41.20 18:54, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
Just because "The" isn't official in their name doesn't mean it's incorrect to say "the Buzzcocks over there" as was said above. Saying "Buzzcocks are over there just sounds weird. I don't think there was a need to remove every "the" from before their name in this article.