... *Anthropomorphic Collective 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!* -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
