Talk:List of collective nouns by subject A-H

message: Is this actually a pun on "a bunch of wankers"?
- Looks like it... Crunchysaviour 16:55, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wunch of bankers 

message: "husbands	A multiply of husbands"
"Multiply" isn't a noun. Should this be "multiple"?Crunchysaviour 16:57, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Husbands 

message: Butterflies are insects... shouldn't that simply be a "swarm" of butterflies?  (Didn't make the edit because I'm not sure, but I've never heard of a "rainbow of butterflies."   Granted, I've mostly heard, "Oo!  Pretty butterflies!", but I'd think that the standard flying insect term would apply.) Miss W 21:33, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Butterflies 

message: The article only had prickle for hedgehogs.  That is a recent term adopted from "a prickle of porcupines".  Before prickle, the term was "an array of hedgehogs".  Currently, the term "herd" is being adopted among domesticated hedgehogs. --Kainaw (talk) 19:14, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  hedgehogs 

message: chinchillas 	A trades union of chinchillas 
come on, really? --Moozaad 11:41, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  chinchillas 

message: A quiver is what you use to hold arrows. It is a noun but not a collective known in this instance.
Not unless a cup of water counts.
Or a jug of beer.
A moderate skinful of beer is a collective adjective/noun combo though.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.127.33.192 (talk) 11:57, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quiver of arrows 

message: A group of actors is not always a troupe or a company. A group of aircraft is not always a fleet. A non-singing group of angels is not a choir. Etc. Why does this matter? So the list doesn't become: A family of people, A demographic of people, A box of matches, A handfull of matches, A book of matches, A cup of water, A liter of water, A splach of water, A pinch of salt, A dash of salt, etc. - Mdsummermsw (talk) 17:04, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Not all...

message: I refuse to believe a group of boars is called a singular. >:[ 204.10.218.44 (talk) 13:13, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: So remove it. - Mdsummermsw (talk) 14:58, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_noun#Terms_of_venery_.28words_for_groups_of_animals.29 -- Boars are solitary animals. This is why it's a 'singular'.  121.72.164.190 (talk) 09:04, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outrage 

message: A lot of supposed collectives here are really only the name for a place for housing such and such. For example, a kennel of dogs. It's a pack of dogs, and dogs live in kennels. Similarly, a stable of horses, and a set of badgers. (A badger's burrow is called a set). This is a bit like saying an "office of bankers/lawyers" etc. You can indeed talk about a group by referring to their container (eg. a bowl of peas), but it's not a collective. 211.31.37.40 (talk) 01:59, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Though it's not a usage of the word I'd come across, a kennel of dogs is indeed correct (in the UK at least) for a group of dogs, as well as for a shelter for them. See Wiktionary entry #3. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 09:12, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Here's the general idea: Would someone refer to a group of dogs walking down the street as a "kennel of dogs"? In any event, at present it is cited, which is more than we can say of many of these. - SummerPhD (talk) 14:51, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Pack of dogs is correct in US english. I can't imagine anyone saying "Here comes a kennel of dogs."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.21.195.143 (talk) 09:25, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Collective or place?

message: WHY does this page even exist??? AshcroftIleum (talk) 23:15, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Dear God,

message: Someone says something in a speech (at a conference or wherever). Is this a reliable and verifiable source? Maybe, maybe not.
If the comment existed only in the speech (not in an available transcript, recording or article reporting on the speech), it is unlikely to be verifiable under our guidelines. Please review WP:VERIFIABILITY for details.
If it is verifiable, it still might not be a from a reliable source under our guidelines. Again, please review the appropriate guideline for details. - SummerPhD (talk) 01:31, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Verifiable sources

message: I recommend merging this article with List of collective nouns by collective term A-K.
Please see my comments at this Talk Page.
Ozzieboy (talk) 05:57, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge