Thought for the day :"I got Jacuzzi mixed up with Yakuza – now I am in hot water with the Japanese mafia"
Ever want to remember those names for groups of things? Collectives I believe they are called - here are a few...
- Apes: a shrewdness
- Badgers: a cete
- Bats: a colony or a camp
- Bears: a sloth or a sleuth
- Bees: a swarm
- Buffalo: a gang or obstinacy
- Camels: a caravan
- Cats: a clowder or a glaring; Kittens: a litter or a kindle; Wild cats: a destruction
- Cobras: a quiver
- Crocodiles: a bask
- Crows: a murder
- Dogs: a pack; Puppies: a litter
- Donkeys: a drove
- Eagles: a convocation
- Elephants: a parade
- Elk: a gang or a herd
- Falcons: a cast
- Ferrets: a business
- Fish: a school
- Flamingos: a stand
- Fox: a charm
- Frogs: an army
- Geese: a gaggle
- Giraffes: a tower
- Gorillas: a band
- Hippopotami: a bloat
- Hyenas: a cackle
- Jaguars: a shadow
- Jellyfish: a smack
- Kangaroos: a troop or a mob
- Lemurs: a conspiracy
- Leopards: a leap
- Lions: a pride
- Moles: a labor
- Monkeys: a barrel or a troop
- Mules: a pack
- Otters: a family
- Oxen: a team or a yoke
- Owls: a parliament
- Parrots: a pandemonium
- Pigs: a drift or drove (younger pigs) or a sounder or a team (older pigs)
- Porcupines: a prickle
- Rabbits: a herd
- Rats: a colony
- Ravens: an unkindness
- Rhinoceroses: a crash
- Shark: a shiver
- Skunk: a stench
- Snakes: a nest
- Squirrels: a dray or a scurry
- Stingrays: a fever
- Swans: a bevy or a game (if in flight: a wedge)
- Tigers: an ambush or a streak
- Toads: a knot
- Turkeys: a gang or a rafter
- Turtles: a bale or a nest
- Weasels: a colony, a gang or a pack
- Whales: a pod, a school, or a gam
- Wolves: a pack
- Zebras: a zeal
Ho Hum...
In other grammatical news - Some things walked into a bar...
Friday ... No lodges for a change - Swansea tomorrow for Sweyn's Eye
Cheers !!
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