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[–] I2jgwh0hYtxrCZQ@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

a "Morsel" of Goddesses.

I have cemented my position as the office weirdo, giggling to myself. The people around me were looking at me like I was Harmut spouting about Myne.

The term comes from the sound the group makes most prominently.

Is this true for English? The only one I can think of that fits is a gaggle of geese.

Herd of sheep, cows, pigs, horse, etc

Pod of dolphins, whales, etc

Murder of crows

[–] NineSwords@ani.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Is this true for English?

Nah, that's just what I'm going with. Sounds plausible enough, doesn't it? ;)

As far as I remember collective nouns are based on an old book (15th or 16th century) and there are some funny ones in there. I'll look it up and report later.

Edit: "The Book of Hawking, Hunting and Blasing of Arms" by Julia Berners published in England in 1486. It includes 165 collective nouns for groups of people and animals. I suppose the good gal was bored out of her mind and everyone just ran with it to humor her. And today we have have masterpieces like a "conspiracy of lemurs", "tower of giraffes", and "destruction of wild cats" (all real I swear).