Hiya, all. My family & I spent some time in Montreal this past weekend, where we went to a wonderful exhibit on hockey at the McCord Museum. We were wondering, though, why the Montreal Canadiens are called the "Habs"? What's that short for? And how do you pronounce it? Anybody know? Marcy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Marcy Bauman Writing Program University of Michigan-Dearborn 4901 Evergreen Rd. Dearborn, MI 48128 Web page: http://www.umd.umich.edu/~marcyb email: [log in to unmask] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=