English language sometimes very accurate.
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English language sometimes very accurate.
Subject: Adjectives
The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective
nouns, for the various groups of animals.
We are all familiar with a Herd of cows, a Flock of chickens, a School
of fish and a Gaggle of geese.
However, less widely known is a Pride of lions, a Murder of crows (as
well as their cousins the rooks and ravens), an Exaltation of doves
and, presumably because they look so wise, a Parliament of owls.
Now consider a group of Baboons. They are the loudest, most dangerous,
most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all
primates. And what is the proper collective noun for a group of
baboons?
Believe it or not ... A Congress
The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective
nouns, for the various groups of animals.
We are all familiar with a Herd of cows, a Flock of chickens, a School
of fish and a Gaggle of geese.
However, less widely known is a Pride of lions, a Murder of crows (as
well as their cousins the rooks and ravens), an Exaltation of doves
and, presumably because they look so wise, a Parliament of owls.
Now consider a group of Baboons. They are the loudest, most dangerous,
most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all
primates. And what is the proper collective noun for a group of
baboons?
Believe it or not ... A Congress

BobnPi- Wildcat resident guru

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anthropomorphic... bet you don't get to throw that one around to often

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Bob this all U got to do.
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Bob this all U got to do.
I get some interesting emails. If they bring a chuckle, I share them. Some I laugh out loud, but don't share.

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Here's one espicially for you Bob
A chain of Bobolinks
Sean
A chain of Bobolinks
Sean

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Hahaha this one is really good. This is why English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world :)
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Thanks for the laugh Bob.

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