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Originally Posted by Charlatan
I remember Smashing Pumpkins insisting that they were not *The* Smashing Pumpkins rather just Smashing Pumpkins...
Rather pretentious really... but not unexpected from M. Corgan.
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Well, it does have a different connotation. "The Smashing Pumpkins" implies that they are pumpkins who smash things, or using slang, that they are very impressive pumpkins. "Smashing Pumpkins" indicates the act of smashing a pumpkin, or that they may be smashing pumpkins. I doubt it's possible for me to sound any nerdier right now.
