Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Collective Noun

We know that a number of dolphins is a pod, that some geese are a gaggle, and that owls make up a parliament. But what about the supernatural creatures? Do they get collective nouns? Huh?! HUH!?

For example, what, pray tell, do we call a group of yeti?

David Malki of Wondermark has done us the courtesy of providing us a list:

The Stoakes-Whibley Natural Index of Supernatural Collective Nouns

Under Wild-life at the bottom of the list, one can find the following:



So there you have it, a flurry.

P.S. For those of you who like yeti's brown American cousin, you'll be pleased to know a group of sasquatch is called a yearning.

And now you know. And you are pleased.

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Thanks, Lauren for the scoop!

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