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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: a collective noun needed. #165618 01/31/07 12:06 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Quote: Yeah, but you live in Vermont. heh. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a collective noun needed. #165619 02/01/07 12:23 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory My friend Anna Graham runs a knitting shop in Vermont called "Knitters' Trinkets." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a collective noun needed. #165620 02/01/07 01:22 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Quote: "Knitters' Trinkets." Love it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a collective noun needed. #165621 02/01/07 01:54 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Quote: Quote: "Knitters' Trinkets." Love it. yes, very clever anagram. - ron obvious Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a collective noun needed. #165622 02/01/07 05:34 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Oh, man--I got the anagram before I got Anna Graham! [d'oh] Well--I've always said I've got to be whomped up side the head before I can see the obvious. (Ron who?) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a collective noun needed. #165623 02/01/07 07:58 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I didn't get the anagram = Anna Graham either but then I miss these things if my pronuncation is significantly different from the pun. In this case Graham = gray um. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a collective noun needed. #165624 02/02/07 12:26 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando ParkinT enthusiast ParkinT enthusiast Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando Quote: Peggy suggests a row of knitters. This is BY FAR the most logical of suggestions! As a (former) knitter I would offer that: since the two resources used for knitting are needle(s) and yarn and since yarn is kept on a spool or (more often) in a ball A group of knitters should be called A GUILD !! </obscurity> Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a collective noun needed. #165625 02/02/07 12:56 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague What about Needlenutters? (wooh, Helen, I like knitting , but a crowd of knitters frightens me. The sound .... That multiplied rickety-tickety sound! Edit:(Hope you don't take this wrong, if you are crazy about knitting I think you should let people know.) [>> zm <<How about a sockful of knitters? ] Or maybe a chockful of knits? (chock in the meaning of cable) I try.. I try.. Last edited by BranShea; 02/02/07 02:22 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a collective noun needed. #165626 02/02/07 03:48 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX M Myridon addict Myridon addict M Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX <obscurity> A swift of knitters. </obscurity> A clique of knitters ... how about the sound of that? (^_^) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Invective noun needed #165627 02/02/07 07:35 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Aramis addict Aramis addict Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Whatever the collective term for loons is, that should probably be it. ÅΓª╥┐↕§ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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