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General Category => The Coffee Shop => Topic started by: Gabby on August 25, 2011, 04:06:41 pm
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A Herd of cows, A Flock of chickens
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!
I guess that pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington!
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;D oh my my my.. Talk about hitting the nail on the head... Sheila
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LMAO :D :D :D