Fw: Fwd: Anthropomorphic Nouns

[deepak singh]

 

Deepak

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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 fish and a Gaggle of geese. However, less widely known is: a Pride of lions, 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 from  Parliament at Canberra! You just can’t make this stuff up.  Best  Regards  J       Robert Datt P.O. Box 177 Carlton North Vic. 3054 Australia. Fax : 61 3 9748 8877  Phone :  61 418 33 1919

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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