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The origin of the collective nouns for animals described in the article are (largely) from terms of venery.
by nemo 6y ago
The origin of the collective nouns for animals described in the article are (largely) from terms of venery.
- alex_young 6y agoThat may be the case, but it’s pretty amazing that the author found a way to write hundreds of words complaining about the very concept of collective nouns without ever labeling them as such, isn’t it?
- taejo 6y agoA term of venery is a specific type of collective noun: more or less, collective nouns for animals made up by bored aristocrats in the middle ages (or more recently, but in the same tradition). As a result, most are never used in conversation by people who actually work with those animals.