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Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:29 am
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We all have this trouble trying to decribe a group of something. Well this site may help us.
http://www.ojohaven.com/collectives/

Here some examples

# An assembly of toys (-suggested by Brian French, brian.french@pwgsc.gc.ca-)
# An asylum of managers (-suggested by Rodney Jude, Rodney.Jude@tesco.net-)
# An atlas of maps (-submitted by David Bannister, db@antiquemaps.co.uk, from the CD-ROM version of the OED-)
# An attitude of teenagers (-suggested by RP4-)
# An audit of accountants (-suggested by Richard Blackwell, richard@planetsymphony.com-)
# An audit of bookkeepers (-suggested by Richard Blackwell, richard@planetsymphony.com-)
# An aurora of polar bears (-suggested by Marila Belcher, MARILAB@iadb.org-)
# An autumn of leaves (-suggested by RP4-)
# A babel of words (-suggested by Michael G. Pirrello, CHMM, pirre001@acpub.duke.edu-)
# A balance of accountants (-suggested by Dan Hubbard, hubbard@msmary.edu-)
# A bale of turtles
# A ballet of swans (-suggested by Diane L. Gottheiner, diane.gottheiner@sap-ag.de-)
# A band of gorillas
# A band of jays (-MG3-)
# A band of men (-submitted by ojo6-)
# A bank of circuits (-submitted by Jason Harris, harrij1@weiss.che.utexas.edu-)
# A bank of monitors (-submitted by Jason Harris, harrij1@weiss.che.utexas.edu-)
# A barren of mules (-MG3-)
# A battery of tests (-submitted by David Henderson, davidh@camelot.bradley.edu-)
# A beautification of spatulas (-suggested by jeff brown, brown-0007@eastplains.net-)
# A bed of clams (-MG3-)
# A bed of oysters (-MG3-)
# A bed of snakes (-CCW2-)
# A belt of asteroids (-submitted by Jason Harris, harrij1@weiss.che.utexas.edu-)
# A bend of willows (-suggested
# A membership of presbyterians (-submitted by ojo6-)
# A menage of mongrels (-suggested by Chris, Csv1026@aol.com-)
# A mess of grits (-submitted by Jason Harris, harrij1@weiss.che.utexas.edu-)
# A mess of little boys (-suggested by Joan Garinger, jgaringer@earthlink.net-)
# A mess of officers (-submitted by Marila Belcher, MARILAB@iadb.org-)
# A mess of pottage (-submitted by ojo6-)
# A mint of candies (-suggested by RP4-)
# A minuscule of sub-atomic particles (-suggested by Chet Meek, cmeek@city.grande-prairie.ab.ca-)
# A minyan of Jews (the quorum for a congregation, -submitted by David Rachlin, Rachlin1@ix.netcom.com-)
# A mixture of pharmacists (-suggested by Chet Meek, cmeek@city.grande-prairie.ab.ca-)
# A moan of lamentations (-suggested by RP4-)
# A mob of kangaroo (-submitted by ojo6-)
# A mob of Texans (-suggested by David Bannister, db@antiquemaps.co.uk-)
# A mug of narcissists (-suggested by RP4-)
# A multiplication of loafers (-suggested by RP4-)
# A murder of crows
# A murmur of alliterations (-suggested by RP4-)
# A murmer of nuns (as of their sound. -suggested by proman, proman@supanet.com-)
# A murmuration of starlings (-TR1-)
# A muscle of marines (-submitted by ojo6-)
# A muster of peacocks
# A muster of soldiers (-submitted by ojo6-)
# A muster of storks (-TR1-)
# A mustering of storks (-suggested
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We are the ink, we are the quill.
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