10 Dec 03
ok, round 3 on the way. Fingers on the ......actually, just keep your hands on the keyboard thanks guy and gals😉
1. What is the collective noun for a group of cats (domestic)?
2. What is the prevalent herb in pesto?
3. Is there a 4th of July in Britain?
4. How is acetylsalicyclic acid better known?
5. What is America's only branded native spirit (as in gin, vodka etc were all made elsewhere first, and branded as in an actual brand, not the moonshine made out the back of the house by 2 guys in a Dodge Durango)
Go kids!
11 Dec 03
Originally posted by garyminfordSorry I am correct...it is definitely "one-man band"...
Sorry, it's not 'poet and a one man band', a common misconception. It's a 'poet and a one night stand'. Next round later today.....
see (among numerous other song lyric sites that back me up):
http://www.countrygoldusa.com/homeward_bound.asp
A line that preceeds the ones in question is "on a tour of one-night stands" so I can see where the confusion came from.
p.s. I did not use google until I was challenged 🙂
11 Dec 03
Originally posted by garyminfordok, since everyone else is jumping in, i'll answer the ones i know now.
ok, round 3 on the way. Fingers on the ......actually, just keep your hands on the keyboard thanks guy and gals😉
1. What is the collective noun for a group of cats (domestic)?
4. How is acetylsalicyclic acid better known?
1. clowder, i think, but never heard if that's for domestic. i also know it's kindle of kittens.
4. aspirin.
in reply to the answer to my earlier ones, yes, a group of crows is a murder and the product of a cob (male swan) and pen (female swan) is a cygnet, though "swan egg" would be acceptable.
if i'm not mistaken, swans are the only birds in which the names of male and female are unique to them and don't have any part of the bird's name in them ("cock" and "hen" aren't unique to one species, and most don't even distinguish by gender).
ok, two back.
1. give both terms for a group of quail ("flock" is not one of them).
2. waht do you call a group of operating companies, according the the unix "quiz" feature?
11 Dec 03
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Originally posted by kingofthe303"obfuscation" also comes to mind.
During one particular dull period of downtime, we tried to come up with a collective noun for a group of network administrators (they didn't seem to be making much progess). Our best effort (and cleanest) was "a confusion" of network administrators!!
k303
i've also seen two representations for a group of larks: "exaltation" and "exultation". i'm not sure which is the actual one, but the latter seems to make more sense as "exult" has the connotation of rejoicing and celebrating, usually loudly, and the songs of larks are, imo, uplifting, while "exalt" means more "to honor, to hold in reverence", and that does not imply celebration. unfortunately, my dictionary (a thick one, too!) shows neither in that light.
does anyone know for sure?
