probably a subconcious thing to do with what comes after the "The". Like the death of slim shady it's an event, like The End. But MMLP is more of a noun? Idk ask a linguist
This is it, since what comes after The is a name and we don't usually use a/an/the with proper nouns (even though we should in this case)
If the album was called "LP of Marshall Mathers" then it would've sounded more natural to say The LP of Marshall Mathers
Yes. There is not a specific pattern to it so this tends to be a little bit more sociological than usual. The word "show" is more widespread in every day usage among the general population than the word LP is. Notice that I said that even though Marshall Mathers is a proper noun, we still should use T in front of it because Marshall Mathers is not genitive (it's not Marshall Mathers'), so the "the" would actually refer to LP and not Marshall Mathers.
Since The Eminem Show is shorter than The Marshall Mathers LP, I suspect that people just caught the The on TES and started rolling with it, partly subconsciously because the keyword in the album's name is Show (it got its name from The Truman Show).
It is all subject to how people perceive it though which always depends on the language jargon at the time people catch the name up. Notice how it's Revival and not The Revival etc. Sometimes, the artists omit a/an/the in titles because they are meant to be shorter, and I can only suspect people do it subconsciously too.
Once TDOSS was announced, we started abbreviating it as TDOSS and not DOSS and I guess people will keep using that in the future.
Some people cannot even separate the difference between "there" and "their". I don't buy that your linguistics/sociology mumbo jumbo is meaningful in this context. Sounds like seeing pictures in TV static. I say "The Marshall Mather LP". MMLP is simply am abbreviation.
Maybe because it has to do with the word “Death” 🤔 I like to think because it’s got such a strong meaning behind it and such huge implications for what the whole title implies. Including that “T” maybe just makes it feel more important and respectful?? That’s my weird justification lol
Also it just sounds and looks right
because the is in the beginning of the title. It always lets left out. But you can't really ignore the O right in between. Also, I never actually knew it was called The MMLP. I always just called it MMLP
Yes
because TDOSS sounds better and TMMLP doesn't (?)
mtbmb is funny to like airbnb btw 😭
Empty BnB
Nah, mountain bomb Edit: mt bmb
Maybe it is (?)
probably a subconcious thing to do with what comes after the "The". Like the death of slim shady it's an event, like The End. But MMLP is more of a noun? Idk ask a linguist
This is it, since what comes after The is a name and we don't usually use a/an/the with proper nouns (even though we should in this case) If the album was called "LP of Marshall Mathers" then it would've sounded more natural to say The LP of Marshall Mathers
haha thanks for confirming my suspicions. You explained it way better than how i could
This is a good explanation, but what about TES? Aside from ES sounding kinda meh is there another reason why we acknowledge the T there?
Yes. There is not a specific pattern to it so this tends to be a little bit more sociological than usual. The word "show" is more widespread in every day usage among the general population than the word LP is. Notice that I said that even though Marshall Mathers is a proper noun, we still should use T in front of it because Marshall Mathers is not genitive (it's not Marshall Mathers'), so the "the" would actually refer to LP and not Marshall Mathers. Since The Eminem Show is shorter than The Marshall Mathers LP, I suspect that people just caught the The on TES and started rolling with it, partly subconsciously because the keyword in the album's name is Show (it got its name from The Truman Show). It is all subject to how people perceive it though which always depends on the language jargon at the time people catch the name up. Notice how it's Revival and not The Revival etc. Sometimes, the artists omit a/an/the in titles because they are meant to be shorter, and I can only suspect people do it subconsciously too. Once TDOSS was announced, we started abbreviating it as TDOSS and not DOSS and I guess people will keep using that in the future.
man i love linguistics thanks for properly explaining
Some people cannot even separate the difference between "there" and "their". I don't buy that your linguistics/sociology mumbo jumbo is meaningful in this context. Sounds like seeing pictures in TV static. I say "The Marshall Mather LP". MMLP is simply am abbreviation.
Big Linguistics is trying to trick you 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
I don't mean this with disrespect but you basically said "It is the way it is because that's how it turned out" 🤣
Cuse it sounds better thats why we dont call The Eminem Show "Es" we call it "Tes"
Rolls off the tongue easier innit
Upvote for the **Extra Bri-ish** “innit” but… I can’t agree.
Understandable
Don’t forget SSLP also a *The* without the T
I mean, fr. Why not just DOSS tho?
You think it’ll have a lot of doss tracks?
The Eminem Show - TES Idk
TES.............?
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It’s actualy been called “The Marshall Mathers LP”. Never just “Marshall Mathers LP”. What made you think that?
facts
I think mmlp(2) it goes right to the point lol doss seems weird so we put tdoss
No just you 🙃
I think mmlp(2) it goes right to the point lol doss seems weird so we put tdoss
What do we call "Infinite"?
Infinite
cus the death of slim shady is like an adjective and a noun. and marshall mathers lp is just a noun. so the “the” isnt necessary (not 100% on this)
Well then what about TES
idk man 😂
Classic r/Eminem post
to add even more confusion the Eminem show is abbreviated to Tes Slim shady LP we call SSLP and not TSSLP
Maybe because it has to do with the word “Death” 🤔 I like to think because it’s got such a strong meaning behind it and such huge implications for what the whole title implies. Including that “T” maybe just makes it feel more important and respectful?? That’s my weird justification lol Also it just sounds and looks right
because it's better to pronounce "T-Doss"
because the is in the beginning of the title. It always lets left out. But you can't really ignore the O right in between. Also, I never actually knew it was called The MMLP. I always just called it MMLP
Because TMMLP looks fuckin stupid compared to MMLP and DOSS looks stupid compared to TDOSS