Anthropomorphic nouns

 

Anthropomorphic nouns The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals. We are all familiar with a Herd of cows, 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), 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! A CONGRESS OF BABOONS! I guess that pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington !   You just can’t make this stuff up. Go green – Recycle Congress in 2012 !!!         Click Here!     Error! Filename not specified.