It haveth naught to do with semicolons. On the Robyn Hitchcock mailing list, there was a discussion of the way British (and ex-British colonial) sports fans will include the article in referring to the teams. I can't remember the explanation exactly - something about distinguishing between the group of individuals making up the team and the team itself - but apparently it's common enough to hear things like "Go the Gunners!" So after that discussion, nearly any plural noun is subject to such formation.
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(e-mail me at ton erb omb atw arp mai ldo tnet getting rid of spaces and substituting the appropriate characters for the usual words.)
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I hate not getting semicolon jokes. :(
It haveth naught to do with semicolons. On the Robyn Hitchcock mailing list, there was a discussion of the way British (and ex-British colonial) sports fans will include the article in referring to the teams. I can't remember the explanation exactly - something about distinguishing between the group of individuals making up the team and the team itself - but apparently it's common enough to hear things like "Go the Gunners!" So after that discussion, nearly any plural noun is subject to such formation.
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