Re: [Texascavers] test

2021-04-25 Thread Mark
Thank you. Got it. On Sunday, April 25, 2021, 09:25:10 AM CDT, Sheryl Rieck wrote: Did I pass? Sheryl riecksheryl.ri...@gmail.com "You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime, you just might find you get what you need" Rolling Stones On Apr 24, 2021, at 11:32 PM,

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Cavers

2021-04-25 Thread Bob Booth
A void of cavers? On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 4:46 PM Lee H. Skinner wrote: > Thanks, Carol. > > > We now have 37 entries. I've attached the list here. If the JPEG > attachment is scrubbed from the Texas list, you can see it in the SWR list. > > > Lee > > > On 4/25/2021 2:23 PM, 'C Tiderman' via

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Cavers

2021-04-25 Thread Lee H. Skinner
Hi, Amy. Not a separate name for cavechildren for this particular contest.  You are cavers just like the adults!  But you all can think of yourselves as *minicrawlers*, a great name I think, because many of you guys are small enough to go through unexplored crawls and find things that adults

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Cavers

2021-04-25 Thread Amy Jasek
What about the children of cavers? Do we get a name?  Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 25, 2021, at 4:02 PM, Lee H. Skinner wrote: > > Thanks, Mark. > > > Excellent article on plural nouns. I encourage all here to read it: > >

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Cavers

2021-04-25 Thread Lee H. Skinner
Thanks, Mark. Excellent article on plural nouns. I encourage all here to read it: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/a-drudge-of-lexicographers-presents-collective-nouns/common-collectives Lee On 4/25/2021 7:57 AM, Mark Minton wrote: These collective nouns for different groups

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Cavers

2021-04-25 Thread Lee H. Skinner
Thanks, Carol. We now have 37 entries.  I've attached the list here.  If the JPEG attachment is scrubbed from the Texas list, you can see it in the SWR list. Lee On 4/25/2021 2:23 PM, 'C Tiderman' via Southwestern Cavers of the National Speleological Society wrote: scientist - a query

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Cavers

2021-04-25 Thread Nancy Weaver
a derangement of cavers. or at least they were when I started in the late 70’s N ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Cavers

2021-04-25 Thread Mimi Jasek
Mark, Thank you for that. I read the whole article and found it wonderful and entertaining! In regards to our little collective noun contest, this toward the end of the article stood out. “Language lovers adore collective nouns, but most of them don't meet the criteria for entry. For

Re: [Texascavers] test

2021-04-25 Thread Sheryl Rieck
Did I pass? Sheryl Rieck sheryl.ri...@gmail.com "You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime, you just might find you get what you need" Rolling Stones > On Apr 24, 2021, at 11:32 PM, Mark wrote: > >  > test > ___ > Texascavers

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Cavers

2021-04-25 Thread Mark Minton
These collective nouns for different groups of animals are called "terms of venery". They originated among hunters back in the middle ages. See . Mark M -Original