Concerning collective nouns:
The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals. For example: we are all familiar with a herd of Cows, a flock of Chickens, a school of fish, or a gaggle of geese.
However, less widely known is a Pride of lions, a Murder of crows (as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens), an Exaltation of doves and, presumably because they look so wise, a Parliament of owls.
Now consider a group of Baboons. They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates.
And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons? Believe it or not .... a Congress!
That pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington.
The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals. For example: we are all familiar with a herd of Cows, a flock of Chickens, a school of fish, or a gaggle of geese.
However, less widely known is a Pride of lions, a Murder of crows (as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens), an Exaltation of doves and, presumably because they look so wise, a Parliament of owls.
Now consider a group of Baboons. They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates.
And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons? Believe it or not .... a Congress!
That pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington.
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