What do you think of these?
A cry of hounds, a scold of jays, a shrewdness of apes, a deceit of lapwings, a bother of christians.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Anyone for murder?
Did you know that when crows get together it's called a 'murder of crows'? One of the craziest oddities of the English language is that there are so many different collective nouns that all mean "group" but which are specific to what particular thing there is a group of: a herd of elephants, a crowd of people, a box of crayons, a pad of paper, etc. There is great diversity of collective nouns associated with animals, from a sleuth of bears to a murder of crows.
What do you think of these?
A cry of hounds, a scold of jays, a shrewdness of apes, a deceit of lapwings, a bother of christians.
But, you have to admit, a murder of crows says it all.
What do you think of these?
A cry of hounds, a scold of jays, a shrewdness of apes, a deceit of lapwings, a bother of christians.
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Hey, thanks for being on Friday Afternoon Chat on Richard's Bass Bag.
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Jesus, I'm beginning to have doubts. Why are you giving English lessons?
ReplyDeleteThe English don't even support your Holy Roman Catholic church.
Please can you tell me something about your love in the next post.
"Please can you tell me something about your love in the next post."
ReplyDeleteRob, I don't think he has a girlfriend.
Funny Richard (of RBB)!
ReplyDeleteYeah Second, I give English lessons at times. Are you questioning me? I can have you struck off, you know. So, what makes the RCC so bloody holy? I'm still really pissed off with how some of those priests have let me down. On reflection it was a bad idea to expect them to be celebate, because all we attracted were the weirdos who were trying to deal with their own weird sexuality. So, you want me to talk about love? Didn't I sort of cover that in the Old Testament? Okay, I'll do a post on love, just to shut you up.