Re: PC in in ASR, WTF?

On 15/03/2011 07:09, mikea wrote:

"Nouns of venery" is the general term for "a <foo> of <bar>". We speak
of a pod of whales, a herd of cattle, a flock of (sheep, some kinds of
birds), a murder of crows, a clowder of cats, an exaltation of skylarks,
and so on. The word "mob", however, is much more recent than most nouns
of venery, being an abbreviation for "mobile vulgus" invented by, or at
least recognized by, the learned Dr. Samuel Johnson.

And of course a Wunch of Bankers.

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