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Marcy and all -- Always ready for a lesson on Canadian English (pron. Canajun). Habs is short for Habitant (pron. hab-ee-TAH -- pinch nose on last syllable), which means "those who live there," with the connotation of farmers living on the land. The same name is given to pea soup, a staple of the French-Canadian diet. A somewhat ironic name for a hockey team, suggesting big clumsy oafs stumbling around on the ice (not that they did). Margaret Procter