Collective noun needed

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Tue Jul 17 15:39:41 UTC 2012


On Jul 17, 2012, at 8:11 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> Last week was "the running of the bulls" at Pamplona.  Today Good
> Morning America showed a video of a rather sedate excursion of some
> cattle, including little 'uns, through a small town in England.  What
> should that be called?  (The consensus on GMA seemed to be "the
> strolling of the cows".)
>
Well, if it wasn't *too* sedate, "the boogieing of the bovines"?

LH

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