"like a herd of turtles"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I meant the hurdles, not the turtles.

Apologies for any confusion.

JL


On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 6/6/2014 09:30 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> >Is that like a "crash" of rhinos?
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> >JL
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> I've been wondering what the received collective is.  Or is a "herd
> of turtles" impossible, like herding cats? ...
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> "Bale", "dole", and "nest".  Wikipedia's article "List of collective
> nouns in English"; its authorities are the Zoological Society of San
> Diego and the U.S. Geological Survey Northern Prairie Wildlife Research
> Center.
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> Joel
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