[Lexicog] Measure words

David Tuggy david_tuggy at SIL.ORG
Sat May 14 16:10:09 UTC 2005


Duh! OK, you win.  (A canonicity of dogs? Naah!)

--David T

Mike Maxwell wrote:

> David Tuggy wrote:
> > I would normally say "a pack of dogs", but perhaps you're
> > thinking of some other term(s).
> > Mike Maxwell wrote:
> >> There is a similar term for dogs, which is more or less
> >> canonical.
>
> Er, I was making a pun, on the model of a "felony of cats."
> --
>       Mike Maxwell
>       Linguistic Data Consortium
>       maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu
>
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