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Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Md Troopers Assoc #20 & Westminster Md Fire Dept Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist

Friday, November 18, 2011

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


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The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals. We are all familiar with
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a Herd of cows,
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a Flock of chickens,
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a School of fish
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and a Gaggle of geese.
However, less widely known is:
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a Pride of lions,
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a Murder of crows
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(as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens),
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an Exaltation of doves and, presumably
because they look so wise:
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a Parliament of owls.
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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!
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A CONGRESS OF BABOONS!
 I guess that pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington !

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You just can't make this stuff up.
Go green – Recycle Congress in 2012 !!! 
 



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