WORD POWER & VOCABULARY: Anthropomorphic Nouns!
groups in English
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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 fishes,
- a Gaggle of geeses.
- and a Pride of lions,
However, less widely known is:
- 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 Congress 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 Parliament
- A PARLIAMENT OF BABOONS!
- I guess that pretty much explains the things that come out of Parliament.
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Is in't it Very, very funny
groups in English
jagar sharma - salil
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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 fishes,
- a Gaggle of geeses.
- and a Pride of lions,
However, less widely known is:
- 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 Congress 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 Parliament
- A PARLIAMENT OF BABOONS!
- I guess that pretty much explains the things that come out of Parliament.
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Is in't it Very, very funny
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