Dear Birding Aus,
Penguin (fine company name, that) published a book of collective nouns
called An Exaltation of Larks or, The Venereal Game by James Lipton in 1977
(ISBN 0 14 00.4536 8). It is silent on the matter of a collective name for
eagles.
Peter Madvig might be on the money when one considers The Eagle, a poem by
Alfred Lord Tennyson
HE clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
But is a grasp of eagles better than a thunderbolt of eagles? Hmmm, depends
on whether they are sitting or stooping, I suppose.
Cheers
Greg hunt
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Graham Buchan
Sent: Tuesday, 31 August 2010 2:16 PM
To: Peter Madvig
Cc: Birding Aus
Subject: Collective noun for Wedgies?
How about a grasp of wedgies?
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