Comments on: Collective Names http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/27/collective-names/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Tue, 22 May 2012 08:39:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/27/collective-names/#comment-26566 Grannymar Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:40:51 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5023#comment-26566 Maria - I never heard of it either. Brighid - 'A confusion of guinea fowl' - Is that why they make so much noise? Maria - I never heard of it either.

Brighid - ‘A confusion of guinea fowl’ - Is that why they make so much noise?

]]> By: Brighid http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/27/collective-names/#comment-26561 Brighid Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:08:25 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5023#comment-26561 a convocation of Eagles a confusion of guinea fowl a convocation of Eagles
a confusion of guinea fowl

]]> By: Maria http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/27/collective-names/#comment-26560 Maria Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:27:42 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5023#comment-26560 i don't think I saw a kindle of kittens. It is one of my favorites. i don’t think I saw a kindle of kittens. It is one of my favorites.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/27/collective-names/#comment-26556 Grannymar Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:45:38 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5023#comment-26556 Darlene - I agree. Magpie - Tweet tweet! Darlene - I agree.

Magpie - Tweet tweet!

]]> By: Magpie11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/27/collective-names/#comment-26555 Magpie11 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:37:35 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5023#comment-26555 Oh ! Tweet of you! Oh ! Tweet of you!

]]> By: Darlene http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/27/collective-names/#comment-26552 Darlene Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:57:52 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5023#comment-26552 I never heard of a slew of rodents, either, Grannymar, but slew sounded like slay and that's what I would do with them. ;-) I never heard of a slew of rodents, either, Grannymar, but slew sounded like slay and that’s what I would do with them. ;-)

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/27/collective-names/#comment-26548 Grannymar Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:39:30 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5023#comment-26548 Magpie, I would never guess you were a bird fancier! :roll: Magpie, I would never guess you were a bird fancier! :roll:

]]> By: Magpie11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/27/collective-names/#comment-26545 Magpie11 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:18:29 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5023#comment-26545 Um...which word sent the first thing to the spam box? murder? BTW A parliament of owls... Being a magpie i researched the British Corvids.... A conspiracy of ravens An unkindness of ravens A constable of ravens A tidings of magpies (rather like that) A building of rooks A train of jackdaws A clattering of choughs A clattering of jackdaws A band of jays A party of jays A scold of jays I've just discovered that there was a list of collective nouns in a book of 1480 ...The Boke of St Albans... Um…which word sent the first thing to the spam box? murder?

BTW A parliament of owls…
Being a magpie i researched the British Corvids….

A conspiracy of ravens
An unkindness of ravens
A constable of ravens
A tidings of magpies (rather like that)
A building of rooks
A train of jackdaws
A clattering of choughs
A clattering of jackdaws
A band of jays
A party of jays
A scold of jays

I’ve just discovered that there was a list of collective nouns in a book of 1480 …The Boke of St Albans…

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/27/collective-names/#comment-26543 Grannymar Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:30:40 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5023#comment-26543 Magpie, I discovered you lurking in my spam folder again. You need to behave yourself... well for a day at least! :roll: Magpie, I discovered you lurking in my spam folder again. You need to behave yourself… well for a day at least! :roll:

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/09/27/collective-names/#comment-26541 Grannymar Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:19:50 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5023#comment-26541 Darlene , I never heard of A slew of rodents before, it sounds good. Darlene , I never heard of A slew of rodents before, it sounds good.

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