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I love collective nouns and am happy to add "a crash of rhinos" to my collection!
by tgvaughan 5y ago
I love collective nouns and am happy to add "a crash of rhinos" to my collection!
- tibbydudeza 5y agoA murder of crows always makes me smile - english can be rather odd.
- wahern 5y ago> english can be rather odd. The more fanciful terms of venery (aka nouns of assembly) are very much deliberate contrivances. > In the course of the 14th century, it became a courtly fashion to extend the vocabulary, and by the 15th century, the tendency had reached exaggerated and even satirical proportions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_noun#Terms_of_venery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_noun#Terms_of_vener...
- Causality1 5y agoJust a reminder the vast majority of collective nouns are essentially fake. Actual scientists have never heard most of them, let alone use them.
- giarc 5y agoI specifically remember reading a book when I was in elementary school called "A Cache of Jewels" that was all about these various nouns. https://www.amazon.ca/Cache-Jewels-Other-Collective-Nouns/dp/0698113543 https://www.amazon.ca/Cache-Jewels-Other-Collective-Nouns/dp... EDIT - I just noticed a review for the book that is 1 Star "It should be more obvious this is a kids book". This listing comes with recommendations for "That's Not My Puppy" and "Bear Sleeps for Christmas". I wish people wouldn't leave bad reviews because THEY didn't interpret the product correctly.