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| TheShadowlord |  Fun plurals |
 Member Since: October 2000  RK: 13 MP: 6,171     | Thursday October 15, 2009 2:18 PM A nice little gift from my parents was a poster with ther proper group nouns for various animals.You may already be aware that a group of geese is called a 'gaggle'. Or have heard of a 'murder of crows'. But there are many more. for instance a shrewdness of apes a pace of asses a troop of baboons a cete of badgers a sloth of bears a drove of beasts a singular of boars an obstinancy of buffalo a bellowing of bullfinches a drove of bullocks a clowder of cats an army of caterpillars a peep of chickens a chattering of choughs a bed of cockles a shoal of cod (or just about any fish) a rake of colts a covert of coots a bask of crocodiles a cowardice of curs a mob of deer a piteousness of doves a paddling of ducks to name a few  I feel happy...I feel happy! "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen Roberts |
| DarkDalamar20 | RE: Fun plurals |
 Member Since: April 2002 RK: 13 MP: 6,209 | Thursday October 15, 2009 3:29 PM I love it when you teach me stuff, SL. Some of those I'd heard before, though others were totally new and interesting. I love the cowardice of curs.Am I a bad person doing good things...or a good person doing bad things... - Dexter |
| Avenging_Angel | RE: Fun plurals |
  Member Since: July 2003  RK: 12 MP: 5,933  | Thursday October 15, 2009 3:47 PM I had a huge list of the bird ones in my Bio back in highschool - the main ones I remember are a muster of peacocks, a siege of herons, and a watch of nightingales.I wonder who comes up with these? [[Edited by Avenging_Angel on Thursday October 15, 2009 3:51 PM]] "Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something." I can kill 'cause in god I trust. |
| Aeramae | RE: Fun plurals |
 Member Since: December 2003  RK: 10 MP: 3,124 | Thursday October 15, 2009 3:54 PM And people wonder why deer always get shot, hit, or dumped into a large body of water with cement blocks on their hooves. Leader of the Amazonian Army, and fighter for the Female Initiative.
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| TheShadowlord | RE: Fun plurals |
Member Since: October 2000 RK: 13 MP: 6,171 | Friday October 16, 2009 3:04 AM a few more collective nounsa fling of dunlin a convocation of eagles a parade of elephants a busyness of ferrets a charm of finches a skulk of foxes a trip of goats a brace of greyhounds a covey of grouse a cast of hawks 'a down of hares a bloat of hippopotami a team of horses a cry of hounds a smack of jellyfish (i love this one) a mob of kangaroos a kindle of kittens a desert of lapwings an exaltation of larks a leap of leopards a tiding of magpies a sord of mallard a stud of mares a richesse of martens a labour of moles a wilderness of monkeys a barren of mules a bed of mussels a parliament of owls (also used for fowls) a yoke of oxen a pandemonium of parrots more later I feel happy...I feel happy! "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen Roberts |
| DarkDalamar20 | RE: Fun plurals |
Member Since: April 2002 RK: 13 MP: 6,209 | Friday October 16, 2009 7:26 AM I can see a hippo hanging it's head sadly after hearing this one. "Ith not my fault I'm fath. Justh an overacthive thryroid gland..." And yes, in my mind, ALL animals talk with a lisp in a deep simple-minded voice. Ha! You gotta wonder how they came up with some of these. Am I a bad person doing good things...or a good person doing bad things... - Dexter |
| Kitiara | RE: Fun plurals |
  Member Since: May 2000  RK: 6 MP: 1,425 | Friday October 16, 2009 3:10 PM That one makes sense to me. My best mate has just one eclectus parrot, a huge green rainforest bird. Pandemonium is the word I'd use. Anyone you can describe as chipper is to be avoided. You never know when they'll crack. Eventually, they're gonna start gnawing on the nearest thing they can, whether it's a hood ornament or wristwatch, wrist still attached; a moment when that uniform they've made for themselves breaks down and they fall to pieces, right out of it. Give me the life-haters any day. They'll play you straight. -Oobie |
| TheShadowlord | RE: Fun plurals |
Member Since: October 2000 RK: 13 MP: 6,171 | Tuesday December 8, 2009 4:47 AM On a related note: WondermarkI feel happy...I feel happy! "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen Roberts |
| Benn-Salian | RE: Fun plurals |
 Member Since: December 2002  RK: 7 MP: 1,908 | Friday December 11, 2009 7:21 PM Well, isn't that special. You will hear of a revolt for this kind of disrespect. [[Edited by Benn-Salian on Friday December 11, 2009 7:22 PM]] This is Benn-Salian, and I approve this message. |
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