OT: Collective Nouns for Whistles & sessions

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 9:00 am

We Brits can have a lot of fun with unusual collective nouns, (e.g. a parliament of owls).

What collective nouns can we invent for the whistling fraternity (or sorority for the lassies) to use?

A few to get things started:

A surfeit of Bodhrans (i.e. more than one)
A family of Generations
A squeal of Beginners
A cheekbone of Corrs
A wisdom of Dales
A moderation of Riches
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[ This Message was edited by: Martin Milner on 2002-02-27 10:02 ]

ChristianRo · Post by **ChristianRo** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 9:13 am

A "kindergarten" of Sweetones?
Christian

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 9:45 am

A shriek of whistles.
A grove of Oaks?
An oodle of Soodlums?
A bellow of accordions.

Whistlepeg · Post by **Whistlepeg** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 9:53 am

A Pride of Pennyless Pennywhistle Purchasers

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 10:07 am

A gaggle of Generations
A flock or flight of Feadogs
A bouquet of Roses
A cain of Abells
A cluster of Clares
A hive of Generation Bb's (God, that's painful)

Cees · Post by **Cees** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 3:24 pm

Thanks, you guys--I am laughing myself silly over all these. You're the best!

Jeferson · Post by **Jeferson** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 3:51 pm

I like the bouquet of Roses suggestion.

How about:
• a forest of Oaks
• a closet of Hoovers

Jef

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ndjr · Post by **ndjr** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 4:17 pm

A cesspool of critics?

TelegramSam · Post by **TelegramSam** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 5:12 pm

an Obsession of whistle players....

WhistlerWannaBe · Post by **WhistlerWannaBe** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 5:18 pm

How about (with tongue in cheek, of course):

a crock of Kerrys?
a pitch of tunables?

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AngeloMeola · Post by **AngeloMeola** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 6:18 pm

These are great. Right up there with my all time favorite --- a braile of umpires.

paulsdad · Post by **paulsdad** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 6:46 pm

Whistle - a plethora of pleasures,
a pleasant panacea
played with panache (hopefully)
by a captivated collector

Stan · Post by **Stan** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 7:43 pm

A Brace of Burkes
A Clutch of Clarkes
A Span of Sindts
A Bevy of Bodhrans
A Colony of Copelands
A Covey of Copleys
A Wake of Weasels
A Group of Grinters
A Wad of Wiselys

ysgwd · Post by **ysgwd** » Thu Feb 28, 2002 1:19 pm

A tribe of time bandits
(whistlers who post to C&F while they are supposed to be working, and who hit the minimize button 'cause here comes the boss)
Lisa

mimi · Post by **mimi** » Thu Feb 28, 2002 5:21 pm

Hello Martin,
This is a great idea for a thread. I love it. As soon as I get some ideas I will post them. Keep up the good topics. ~Mimi