Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>btw here are two web links to compound nouns for animals which may be of >help: > > http://lightning.prohosting.com/~nedriel/random/collective.html > >and the better of the two: > > http://www.vigay.com/nouns.html > >-- >Johnny Deadman > >http://www.pinkheadedbug.com Johnny, They missed this one! At a reception in honour of several ex prime ministers, Harold Macmillan was asked what the appropriate collective noun for them would be. After a brief pause, he famously replied: "A lack of principals". Nick.