[Singles] FW: A Herd of Cattle, A Flock of Chickns, etc...

[Katherine Jones]

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Subject: Fw: A Herd of Cattle, A Flock of Chickns, etc...



Subject: A Herd of Cattle, A Flock of Chickns, etc...



                                                                          An interesting fact!

The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic (great word , huh?) collective nouns for the various groups of animals.

We are all familiar with a Herd of cattle, 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), a Crutch of lobster, an Exaltation of doves, and presumably, because they look so wise, a Parliament 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 Congress!

I guess that pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington.




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