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English language
On Aug 29, 4:44*pm, Canuck57 wrote:
Funny but true! * The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various * groups of animals. We are all familiar with a *Herd *of cows, a *Flock * of chickens, a School *of fish and a *Gaggle *of geese. *Slightly less widely known is a Pride *of lions, a * Murder *of crows (as well as their cousins the rooks * and ravens), an *Exaltation *of doves and, presumably because they look so wise, a *Parliament of owls. A group of politicians is parties on the taxpayer. But now consider a group of Baboons. They are the * loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates. And what is the proper collective noun for * a group of baboons? Believe it or not ....... a Congress. -- If it is all Bush's fault, then how come Obama is doing much more of the same and expecting different results? What would they call a gathering of Dopers? |
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