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I don't see any reason to protest it. If its not something commonly used, that's OK. You can ignore these words if you do not like them, but don't begrudge thei
by libraryatnight 6y ago
I don't see any reason to protest it. If its not something commonly used, that's OK. You can ignore these words if you do not like them, but don't begrudge their existing, who knows what someone might do with them.
- IshKebab 6y agoThe reason to protest it is because it is spreading falsehood. Is that not enough?
- rendall 6y agoWould you mind expanding on this? To my mind, it's hard to credit that a term used since the middle ages is "false", but I am curious about your reasoning.
- IshKebab 6y agoIt's all explained in the article. These obscure collective nouns started as a joke and aren't used in practice by anyone. However endless trivia lists and pub quizzes say that they are. They are wrong.
- libraryatnight 6y agoObscure out of use language makes for great trivia, so that makes sense to me. I don't see the danger or problem. Trivia is by definition trivial.