Collective noun for Jugglers
Mark Neale
a "neverthriving". Apparently this term was coined in the 15th century
and implies there is absolutely no living whatsoever to be earned as a
travelling juggler. Hmm, how things have changed :-}
Has anyone else come across this term, or any other terms to describe
a collection of jugglers. Personally I'm quite taken with being part
of a "neverthriving" :-)
Mark
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Daniel M. Alt
In a previous article, mark@edscom (Mark Neale) says:
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>Has anyone else come across this term, or any other terms to describe
>a collection of jugglers. Personally I'm quite taken with being part
>of a "neverthriving" :-)
Yes, I've heard this, also. I've also heard that the proper term
for a group of dentists is a "chatter."
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Le Grand Toby Orange
Yup. A few years ago in an English class I looked it up in a book of collective
nouns, and there it was, a "neverthriving."
toby
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Jeremy Kirkwood
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|> In a previous article, mark@edscom (Mark Neale) says:
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|> >Has anyone else come across this term, or any other terms to describe
|> >a collection of jugglers. Personally I'm quite taken with being part
|> >of a "neverthriving" :-)
|>
|> Yes, I've heard this, also. I've also heard that the proper term
|> for a group of dentists is a "chatter."
Ok then, while we're at it:
The collective noun for bankers is a 'wunch'.
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Scott R Parker
Hmm. I guess I've never been part of a neverthriving. *sighs despondantly*
Oh well. Maybe at ren faire this year again. ;)
ciaoo
-Scott
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ackpffftt!
Declan Higgins
: Someone recently informed me that the collective noun for jugglers is
I suggest (tho' I'm sure it's an obvious pun and been suggested many times
before) that a good collective noun for a group of jugglers has to
ne a "Shower".
Declan Higgins
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ps I suppose you could have "Club" also
Matthew F. Ringel
that a "club" of jugglers has a certain ring to it.
<ducks and runs>
....Matthew
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Duane Starcher
Mark Neale <mark@edscom> wrote:
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>Has anyone else come across this term, or any other terms to describe
>a collection of jugglers. Personally I'm quite taken with being part
>of a "neverthriving" :-)
>
>Mark
My favorite collective noun related to our activity is:
An unemployment of jugglers. Kind of says it all. I posted
this a couple of years ago but repetition doesn't hurt.
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Sita R. Menon
several weeks ago I read an article in the American Journal of Physics
about "the physics of juggling".
I simply cannot recall the reference. Would anybody out there know
this or related articles and could send me the corresponding
references ?
Thank you very much.
Craig Steinberger
Magnusson, Bengt and Tiemann, Bruce (Boppo), "The Physics of Juggling",
The Physics Teacher, Vol. 27, No. 8, November 1989.
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