For those of you who love words, check out this page. It's the most complete listing I've found of collective nouns -- a gaggle of geese, a pride of lions.
This site is in the UK, so the language is old, sharp, austere, heraldic, saxon. Among my favorites --
a murder of crows
an unkindness of ravens
a stare of owls
a doylt of swine
a fesnying of ferrets (or, equally good, a business of ferrets)
a tabernacle of bakers
a neverthriving of jugglers
a cortege of mourners
Enjoy.
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We had a book, I think had "A Murder of Crows" somewhere in the title, which had had lists like these. An 'exaltation of larks' was one of me favorites. I really like 'a neverthriving of jugglers', most of us still need day jobs.
That book and "Washington State Place Names" were two of my very favorite coffee table (or bathroom) books. I'm glad you reminded me of them, I'll start asking for them in the used book stores.
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