Stephanie BurgisFabulousness from Rose Ann Prevec. ;)
Coralie RenΓ©e@stephanieburgis π€£π€£π€£
John Ulrik@stephanieburgis Does English have a separate group word for every single species? π
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grifenpierre@ujay68 yes or at least a very large number. Those collective nouns are also called terms of venery.
Some other notable examples :
A murder of crows
A mob of kangaroos
A parliament of owls
A galaxy of sea stars
A kaleidoscope of butterflies
Some other notable examples :
A murder of crows
A mob of kangaroos
A parliament of owls
A galaxy of sea stars
A kaleidoscope of butterflies
@grifenpierre Galaxy of sea stars! Fabulous! π«
Court Cantrell won't conforma bloat of hippos
a wisdom of wombats
a cackle of hyenas
a romp of otters! π
ShadSterling@courtcan @grifenpierre @ujay68
a thunderstorm of kittens
(I think from how it sounds when youβre downstairs of them)
Zorro@ujay68 @stephanieburgis it comes from hunting manuals compiled a few hundred years ago.
I think they got carried away but there's a sense of whimsy and anarchy about it that I love!
Tim Ward βπͺπΊπΆ #FBPE@ujay68 @stephanieburgis Sort of. But they're mostly only used in discussions like this, not in real life.
Caden@TimWardCam @ujay68 @stephanieburgis the only ones I hear in real life are gaggle of geese and murder of crows
@TimWardCam @ujay68 @stephanieburgis that's true, I guess those were too "normal" to register in my brain
Colin the Mathmo@tarix29 It's only a gaggle of geese when they're on the ground. When they are in flight they are a skein.
Mormegil@ujay68
Not really, no. But those make good jokes, tricky questions, and clickbait headlines, so it pretends it does. https://www.audubon.org/magazine/no-its-not-actually-murder-crows
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Not really, no. But those make good jokes, tricky questions, and clickbait headlines, so it pretends it does. https://www.audubon.org/magazine/no-its-not-actually-murder-crows
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AlsoPaisleyCat π¨π¦Our kids had this picture book when they were younger:
https://kidscanpress.com/product/paddling-of-ducks-a/
And hereβs a more recent one for grade 1s:
A Paddling of Ducks - Kids Can Press
Featuring groups of animals from an army of ants to a herd of zebras, this book takes young children on a wildly imaginative tour through a zany animal kingdom. Each group of animals is described using a collective noun (for example, a skulk of foxes, a nest of vipers, a labor of moles). Joseph Kellyβs richly detailed illustrations show animals engaged in gently surreal play on a summer day in various park-like settings. Young readers will revel in the visual jokes and puns on every page.
BramblyBearWhuffling@stephanieburgis this explains so much about the male gaze
Funambolo@stephanieburgis we must not forget the "school of fish", "shoals of shrimp" or "pods of marine mammals". These english animal group names never made sense to me. In Finnish we survive with two afaicr: "lauma" (a group of animals that lives together like deer or wolves) and "parvi" (a group of animals that usually fly or swim together as one entity, e.g. birds, fish or certain insects").
BobDevneyLove the Finnish lesson!
In English, formation-swimming groups of other aquatic animals may also be termed "shoals." Shrimp yes, but also sardines, anchovies, mackerel, squid, jellyfish, and of course:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ov81aogaxg
The Shoals Of Herring sung by Ewan MacColl
Count To Zen@stephanieburgis live that second panel: "no takebacks"
Bill the Lizard@stephanieburgis The tartan skirt is great attention to detail.
Oregon Wine Woman@stephanieburgis As a gay man, gaze for me has always meant something different from raccoons.
Phogna Bologna@RIJim @stephanieburgis I cannot tell you how many times I thought fancy parties were going to feature Cornish Gay Men. Perhaps as a chorus?
@stephanieburgis "we want food" π€£π€£π€£
Catherine Schmidt@stephanieburgis Holding one's gaze sounds fun, but as a bird-lover I prefer murder.
Ashery Cafe@stephanieburgis this is beautiful
Brent Guernsey, Artrocity Studio*Shudders* when thinking of the act of "navel gazing."
EdgeFunniest item I've read today, thank you.
carstenraddatz@stephanieburgis That gaze is cute!
PirjaPaa
RealGravitas -Citizen Saboteur@stephanieburgis Is a bunch of crows and racoons together a murderous gaze?
Cassandra
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The Great Llama 
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it's a misquote, but I'm very charmed by the idea of a pair of giant stone feet with a pile of raccoons lounging around on them...
"Gaze upon my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
(Shelley's original is "LOOK upon my works...")
Jean Sans Peur@stephanieburgis je signale Γ @Viviane_DPR au cas oΓΉ elle n'aurait pas vu.
Slutting time bot
that biting queer fucker
Jason Robinson π π» π΄
The Right Irreverend@stephanieburgis Having confronted raccoons a number of time in a local city park, I came up with the term βa beggarry of raccoons,β as that seems to be their major activity.