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Would 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.
by rendall 6y ago
Would 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.