The Exaltation of Wordplay - James Lipton
A video interview with James Lipton, who compiled the definitive study of English-language collective nouns: An Exaltation of Larks.
Terms of venery illustrated by Kate O'Leary
We are not the only ones who have gone collective noun crazy. Artist Kate O’Leary is exhibiting A Crash of Critters at the fill in the blank gallery in Chicago this month. The exhibition features original illustrations inspired by terms of venery.
What is the collective noun for segways?
Google Sightseeing recently posed the question: “What is the collective noun for a group of segways anyway?” We made a call for suggestions, and our tweeps delivered.
@collectivenouns is not a bot!
It is fair to say that @collectivenouns pursues its agenda single-mindedly, to the extent that some twitterers have mistaken the account for a ‘bot. But robot we are not. From time to time, we like to assert this, as the following conversation demonstrates.
Collective noun word clouds
Creating collective noun clouds with wordle.