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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Anthropomorphic Nouns



 


With due respect and apologies.....  

The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals.
 

We are all familiar with a
 
http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/herd-of-cows.jpgHerd of cows, 
http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/flock-of-chickens..jpegA Flock of chickens, 
http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/school-of-fish.jpegA School of fish 
http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/gaggle-of-geese.jpegAnd a Gaggle of geese. 
 
However, less widely known is:
 
http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/pride-of-lions.jpegA Pride of lions, 
http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/murder-of-crows.jpgA Murder of crows 
http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/rooks-and-ravens.jpg(as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens),
http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/exaltation-of-doevs.jpgAn Exaltation of doves 

And, presumably because they look so wise:

http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/parliament-of-owls.jpgA Congress of owls. 
http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/baboons.jpgNow 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

http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/congress1.jpg
A PARLIAMENT OF BABOONS!
 

http://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/baboon.jpeghttp://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/baboom3.jpghttp://thefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/baboon2.jpg

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