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English Test (Collective Nouns) ...
Posted: 05 Apr 2008, 07:14
by reactiv8
Here's one for the competitive and erudite (adjective) - The collective noun for a group of Ravens is an: 'Unkindness' - As a quick check in Wikipedia will confirm ... Do we know any more obscure ones I wonder? For example an assembly of Heartlanders at a TSOM gig would be a: 'Mistake' and so on ...
Over to you:~
Posted: 05 Apr 2008, 07:57
by smiscandlon
A shower of bastards.
Posted: 05 Apr 2008, 08:43
by Obviousman
A flange of Gorillas?
Posted: 05 Apr 2008, 10:43
by eotunun
A hangover waiting to happen.
Posted: 05 Apr 2008, 10:56
by Pat
A thicket of Heartlanders.
Posted: 05 Apr 2008, 11:31
by timsinister
A Temple of Heartlanders? Maybe a Corrosion?
Posted: 05 Apr 2008, 13:39
by Andy TG
A Murder Of Crows!
Perhaps Alfred Hitchcock got the idea for The Birds from this?
Posted: 05 Apr 2008, 13:40
by Andy TG
The Heartland Dominion
Posted: 05 Apr 2008, 13:42
by Andy TG
Heartland members gathered in one place - A Bunch Of Sad Old Goths
Posted: 05 Apr 2008, 14:34
by EvilBastard
A moistening of beavers
Posted: 05 Apr 2008, 15:59
by markfiend
I like these:
A murder of crows
A parliament of rooks
An exaltation of sklarks
Can't remember others off-hand; I seem to recall that a lot of these were collected (or perhaps invented) by some mediaeval monk?
Posted: 05 Apr 2008, 17:51
by Obviousman
If you want to train, try
this 
Posted: 05 Apr 2008, 18:11
by Pista
A discussion
A thread
of HL-ers?
Posted: 05 Apr 2008, 18:56
by EvilBastard
Pista wrote:A discussion
A thread
of HL-ers?
Isn't it a "Derail" of Heartlanders?
Posted: 05 Apr 2008, 19:05
by MadameButterfly
A meeting of dark souls
Family in sound & mind & heart
Posted: 06 Apr 2008, 02:06
by stufarq
a charm of hummingbirds
a shrewdness of apes
a parliament of owls
an ostentation of peacocks
a crash of rhinocerous
a skulk of foxes
an impalusibility of gnus
a murmuration of starlings
a prickle of hedgehogs
And many, many more. In fact there are entire websites devoted to this subject.
Surely a sisterhood of Heartlanders. Or will that cause arguments?
Posted: 06 Apr 2008, 03:17
by Dan
Collective noun for a group of bankers : a wunsch.
Posted: 06 Apr 2008, 05:20
by reactiv8
Not bad there my
pensive peers, but I hope you can do better! - Try inventing some, and don't cheat with Wikipedia or Google (Gargle?!) or even a dictionary ...
However, I'm pleased that this time I have apparently hooked you with a thread without offending?!
Where are the ladies though? - In 'the bathroom' 'powdering their noses' I wonder? - Now there's a hint
...
So, over to you ...
Posted: 06 Apr 2008, 06:25
by Silver_Owl
reactiv8 wrote:
However, I'm pleased that this time I have apparently hooked you with a thread without offending?!
Not strictly true. Your consistently drab and meaningless posts never fail to irritate.
Posted: 06 Apr 2008, 06:37
by reactiv8
Top Oh!
“Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.�
Mark Twain, Notebooks (1935) p. 237
“Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves
and how little we think of the other person.�
Mark Twain, Notebooks (1935) p. 345
Posted: 06 Apr 2008, 06:46
by Silver_Owl
reactiv8 wrote:Top Oh!
“Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.�
Mark Twain, Notebooks (1935) p. 237
“Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves
and how little we think of the other person.�
Mark Twain, Notebooks (1935) p. 345
My point exactly.