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Does anyone know what a collection or group of Frogs are called.
Have
an army of frogs
and a Knot of Toads
any more suggestions
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Ribbit! There's an army of collective nouns for frogs!
Google "collective noun" frogs
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enthusiast
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Yo, HoJo,
You might enjoy An Exaltation of Larks by James Lipton
- or knot.
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Hi HoJo
Collective nouns are one of the fun, as opposed to merely functional, bits of the English language.
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So what would be a fun term for a group of word-lovers?
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a verb of word lovers.
(I think we did this once, long ago?)
formerly known as etaoin...
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Could someone post the link fo HoJo (and me)- I never could figure out how to do that.
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> post the link
which link?
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which link? This one, maybe? Google "collective noun" frogs Anyway, here 'tis: Google
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Shouldn't it be "a croak of frogs?"
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Welcome HoJo -- do you live in a house with an orange roof?
Last edited by wow; 07/13/2007 3:21 PM.
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a verb of word lovers.
(I think we did this once, long ago?) >which link? or, the link to (one of the) the long ago discussions of what to call a collection of AWADers (i.e., us); the original discussion from which ayleu(r), amongst other suggestions, evolved is lost in the mists of time, and the evolution of this site. anyways, here's a link to one of the reinyart(n)ations .
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BTW, rana is a genus of frog, and also means prince!
and ranine is a collective adj. for frogs.
-joe (frog prince) friday
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(I think we did this once, long ago?)
Yes, but I thought the new folks might like to try it.
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(I think we did this once, long ago?)
Yes, but I thought the new folks might like to try it. I wasn't trying to dissuade a new bit of fun, just askin'... and yes, tsuwm, 'tis why I asked.
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I meant the old thread but didn't check, it might be old enough to be threadbare by now.
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