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The English language has some wonderfully collective nouns for various groups of animals.
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Posted on 08/27/2011 9:32:29 AM PDT by illiac
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To: loungitude
I assume it's just a curiosity. Some of these terms are so obscure that they probably are rarely used.
I'm waiting for some liberal to become indignant that we are using these terms without finding out first what the various kinds of animals, birds, or insects feel about the terms.
To: Verginius Rufus
Well, I have often been accused of being a liberal, and I have to say that I do know how some animals feel about some of these terms. For example, I have two hounds, and I can tell you they don’t think much of being called “A mute of hounds.” There is nothing mute about them.
To: illiac
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08/27/2011 11:41:39 AM PDT
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quintr
To: AndyJackson
I agree. I wish my Walker hound was mute about two in the morning when he decides to tree a coon. We let him run and enjoy himself.
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08/27/2011 11:47:38 AM PDT
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prof.h.mandingo
(Buck v. Bell (1927) An idea whose time has come (for extreme liberalism))
To: illiac
“Congress” is an interesting term for a grouping of baboons, but a more modern term for them would be “flash mob”.
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08/27/2011 11:54:06 AM PDT
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PermaRag
(the stock market will stop bleeding when those who manipulate it START bleeding)
To: illiac
WOW......Someones got a lot of time on their hands..LOL
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08/27/2011 11:58:38 AM PDT
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fedupjohn
("They act like permanent residents of a unicorn ranch in fantasy land"....Sarah Palin 2012)
To: illiac
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08/27/2011 12:04:46 PM PDT
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decimon
To: illiac
It’s a wonderful book. I’ve given dozens of it as gifts. And we sometimes make up our own terms: a “gutter” of drunks. A “flight” of pultroons.
The possibilities are endless. LOL.
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08/27/2011 12:43:32 PM PDT
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EggsAckley
( There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply ! !)
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