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RhubarbCommando
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Wed Aug 23 09:37:01 2000
Re: Collective Noun Query
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<< collective noun for butterflies >
Collective nouns were originally called "nouns of congregation" (when I was a youth, many years ago) Possibly the ommission of such a noun for butterflies is because they don't congregate ?
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