Hmm Ern, isn't an eider a type of duck? I just went to check and the one I was looking for was 'a flush of ducks'. It's more fascinating then I thought it'd be- I did a Yahoo search on "collective noun" and ducks and got http://www.nzbirds.com/Collective.html & http://www.sentex.net/~tntcomm/kwfn/numbers.htm and I must say it's a bountiful poet's resource! One for ducks was "a badelynge of ducks" and I have no clue what a badelynge or a badling is, but ooh.. :) And one I thought was fascinating, "an RSVP of egrets". Wouldn't have thought of it in a million years! 2 more entries in my bookmarks.. Btw, Tom- "a plague of photographers" alliterative and apt!
Cheers, Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:27 AM Subject: Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya.. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I've had violent ducks believe my fingers held bread when it long ran out. > > I > > > think I get the picture :-) But hmm.. I forgot what it is for ducks- it's > > > not flock is it.. > > > > Quackpack? > > > > Jostein > > Eider. > But I think Jostein's suggestion has > merit.
