What is a Habs?

Deuce · 05-20-10, 07:02 PM

Les Habitants

Habitants is the name used to refer to both the French settlers and the inhabitants of French origin who farmed the land along the two shores of the St. Lawrence Gulf and River in what is the present-day Province of Quebec in Canada.

Sunde91 · 05-20-10, 07:02 PM

Les Habitants de la Quebeca

Carseller4 · 05-20-10, 07:03 PM

Kind of figured it might be a nickname for the Canadians, but had no idea what it meant.

Thanks!

tltaylor89 · 05-20-10, 07:09 PM

Short for rehab.

ericthegangster · 05-20-10, 07:10 PM

stfu carseller

Carseller4 · 05-20-10, 07:11 PM

Originally posted by ericthegangster

stfu carseller

There are no stupid questions....only stupid people.

Bostongambler · 05-20-10, 07:20 PM

Habius Corpus

suckerforparlays · 05-20-10, 08:29 PM

HABS means what in american? I dunno Les Habitants de la Quebeca?

Does that mean the inhabitants of Quebec?

shari91 · 05-20-10, 08:35 PM

Originally posted by suckerforparlays

HABS means what in american? I dunno Les Habitants de la Quebeca? Does that mean the inhabitants of Quebec?

Stole this from another site.

Habs is an abbreviation of "les habitants," the informal name given to the original settlers of New France, dating back to the 17th Century. So it's a natural fit for the The Montreal Canadiens, established in 1909 and marketed as a French-Canadian hockey team.Having said that, the nickname might have been the result of an error. According to NHL.com, the first man to refer to the team as "the Habs" was Tex Rickard, owner of Madison Square Garden, in 1924. Rickard apparently told a reporter that the "H" on the Canadiens' sweaters was for "Habitants." Not true. The distinctive C-wrapped-around-H logo stands for "Club de Hockey Canadien."

pavyracer · 05-20-10, 08:46 PM

If they are French speaking and they are called Habs wouldn't the H be silent and pronounced as Abs? :

shari91 · 05-20-10, 08:50 PM

Originally posted by pavyracer

If they are French speaking and they are called Habs wouldn't the H be silent and pronounced as Abs? :

The 'h' is only silent because of the 'les' in front of it which makes it plural. "Lez 'abitants". When it's singular, you pronounce it. At least I do. But yeah, us English speakers butchered that one too. Should be The Abs.

pavyracer · 05-20-10, 08:53 PM

Originally posted by shari91

The 'h' is only silent because of the 'les' in front of it which makes it plural. "Lez 'abitants". When it's singular, you pronounce it. At least I do. But yeah, us English speakers butchered that one too. Should be The Abs.

english speaking people butcher all other languages

suckerforparlays · 05-20-10, 09:30 PM

what a weird nickname

shari91 · 05-20-10, 09:34 PM

Originally posted by pavyracer

english speaking people butcher all other languages

I've heard so many people pronounce focaccia 'focoshya', Van Gogh 'Van Go'... Unreal.

sickler · 05-20-10, 09:36 PM

Ab aters ate tonight.

Alfie B · 05-20-10, 09:42 PM

Originally posted by shari91

Stole this from another site.

Habs is an abbreviation of "les habitants," the informal name given to the original settlers of New France, dating back to the 17th Century. So it's a natural fit for the The Montreal Canadiens, established in 1909 and marketed as a French-Canadian hockey team.Having said that, the nickname might have been the result of an error. According to NHL.com, the first man to refer to the team as "the Habs" was Tex Rickard, owner of Madison Square Garden, in 1924. Rickard apparently told a reporter that the "H" on the Canadiens' sweaters was for "Habitants." Not true. The distinctive C-wrapped-around-H logo stands for "Club de Hockey Canadien."

You're very good and very quick Shari. You saved me posting about the same thing as you did. Well Les Habitant are back in the series. Lets go Habs.

Winnipeg Jets · 05-20-10, 10:14 PM

gringo=arizona

forsberg21 · 05-20-10, 11:07 PM

Originally posted by suckerforparlays

HABS means what in american? I dunno Les Habitants de la Quebeca? Does that mean the inhabitants of Quebec?

Never knew American was a language.

pavyracer · 05-20-10, 11:18 PM

Originally posted by forsberg21

Never knew American was a language.

But Mexican has to be a language, right?

sickler · 05-20-10, 11:18 PM

Originally posted by forsberg21

Never knew American was a language.

The English language has become the American language.

JW Cash · 05-20-10, 11:42 PM

Originally posted by Carseller4

I know nothing about hockey. But the term "Habs" has been showing up lately. What the hell does that mean?

Sorry for my hockey stupidity!

A Hab is a hockey player who just Kicked Philadelphia back to reality

soaked in sweat · 05-20-10, 11:51 PM

it would be great to see the habs win this series.

phxcoyotes · 05-20-10, 11:57 PM

who cares

vmchockey · 05-21-10, 12:05 AM

Habitual losers

Just kidding hab fans, chill!

jaymac82980 · 05-21-10, 12:44 AM

Originally posted by pavyracer

english speaking people butcher all other languages

Because we can...If this was a problem, the rest of the world wouldn't learn to speak our language before we care to learn theirs.

God bless America.

korbal29 · 05-21-10, 07:38 AM

its a nickname like anything else but really means the locals

MC PICKS · 05-21-10, 07:51 AM

I have always wondered what that meant too.

julio_cat · 05-21-10, 08:12 AM

Originally posted by JW Cash

A Hab is a hockey player who just Kicked Philadelphia back to reality

Carseller4 · 05-21-10, 08:12 AM

Originally posted by MC PICKS

I have always wondered what that meant too.

I don't feel as bad now!

Davydave · 05-21-10, 08:38 AM

Originally posted by JW Cash

A Hab is a hockey player who just Kicked Philadelphia back to reality

There we go

forsberg21 · 05-21-10, 10:41 AM

Originally posted by jaymac82980

Because we can...If this was a problem, the rest of the world wouldn't learn to speak our language before we care to learn theirs. God bless America.

LOL what a joke.

This actually has almost everything to do with history and the United Kingdom than the US. British colonies all over the world spoke English - Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Belize, South Africa, India, Australia, just to name a few. The United Kingdom spread the English language throughout Europe due to their dominance, whether it was cultural, political, economical or militaristic. When you visit Europe and notice that everyone speaks English, you can thank the Brits for that, not the Americans.

So why don't you give credit to where credit is due, mate?

doylfish · 05-21-10, 10:49 AM

Originally posted by pavyracer

english speaking people butcher all other languages

and no one butcher's english? it's all relative. when i was a child, it was brutal to listen to my russian born, raised and emigrated to the US piano teacher try to speak english. just like she probably thought i sounded silly trying to learn some russian to speak to her. doesn't matter the language, it's uncomfortable if you can't speak it, and english is supposed to be one of the hardest (and most butchered) languages to learn along with mandarin and it's dialects, russian, japanese

pavyracer · 05-21-10, 10:52 AM

Originally posted by doylfish

and no one butcher's english? it's all relative. when i was a child, it was brutal to listen to my russian born, raised and emigrated to the US piano teacher try to speak english. just like she probably thought i sounded silly trying to learn some russian to speak to her. doesn't matter the language, it's uncomfortable if you can't speak it, and english is supposed to be one of the hardest (and most butchered) languages to learn along with mandarin and it's dialects, russian, japanese

Most people from other countries try to learn english but most people from english speaking countries don't try to learn other languages.

shari91 · 05-21-10, 10:56 AM

Originally posted by doylfish

and no one butcher's english? it's all relative. when i was a child, it was brutal to listen to my russian born, raised and emigrated to the US piano teacher try to speak english. just like she probably thought i sounded silly trying to learn some russian to speak to her. doesn't matter the language, it's uncomfortable if you can't speak it, and english is supposed to be one of the hardest (and most butchered) languages to learn along with mandarin and it's dialects, russian, japanese

Yep. English is one of the hardest languages to learn - but that's because of the grammar and the fact that we have so many homonyms that it becomes difficult to keep straight. They're, their, there. Too, two. Four, fore, for. We, wee. No, know... English speakers butcher pronunciation of foreign words repeatedly, even when gently reminded of the proper way to say them, so much so that when they travel to other parts of the world, it's often hard to make themselves understood because they're trying to use an 'Anglicised' version of a word to someone who speaks the language as their native tongue.