I love language, and I am always fascinated by words, especially when I learn of a new (to me) use of a word.Last night I learned a new word: Murder.
No, not that murder. Of course I know that word. I watch the news. This murder refers to a group or flock of crows! I learned this from knitting buddy, SallyKnit, at last night's knit night. (Hi Sally!) and I am fascinated by it. How did murder come to mean a flock of crows???
Now I'm off to research this....
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Pshh- even I knew that.
I love this expression! In fact, lots of groups of animals have weird names, I found a long list: http://www.writers-free-reference.com/172groupnames.htm
i LOVE collective nouns!!1 A parliament of owls is my favorite. and in alaska we say a treadwell of idiots, after tim treadwell who got eaten by bears he tried to turn into pets.
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