| Show IS AND A language that must prove confusing to tho the l I 1 to any one who does his thinking talking arid and writing in a foreign lan ida gua 0 o tho the english must bo be a queer ono one A for foreigner cigner down on tho the cu cunnard dock says the new york Mercur mercury yI I 1 looking at the steam vessels coming and going hither and yori yon said SOO see what a flock of boats some ono said that lock was wrong that a fleet of boats Is tho the proper expression well a lot 0 of boats together ether would be a fleet a fleet of shelp shoop would be a flook flock a flock of girls would bo be a bevy and a bevy of wolves is called a U drove and ana a drove of thieves la Is called a gang and a gang of warriors is called a host and a host of porpoises Is called a shoal and a shoal of cattle is called I 1 a herd and a herd of children la is called a troops and a troop of partridges is called a pack and a pack of swans swana is called a whiteness and a whiteness of geese is called a gaggle and a gag gagle gaggle le I 1 of brant is called a gang and a gang of ducks is called a team and a team of widgeons is called a company and a company of teal la is call called od a trip and a trip of snipe is called a whisp and a whisp of herons is called a bodge and a sedge of quail Is called a flock and a flock of larks is called an exultation exaltation and an exaltation exal of peacocks is called a strut and a strut of beauties called a galaxy and a galaxy of ruffians anil is 18 called a horde and a horde of rubbish is called a heap and a heap of oxen is 13 called a drove and a drove drova of blackguards black guards is called a mob and a mob of whales is ia called a school and a school of worshipers is called callea a congregation gre gation and a congregation of soldiers is called a corps and a corps of tailors is called a crow and a crow crew of pira pirates Is called a band and a band ba d of bees is called a swarm and a rm ot of people la is called a crowd and a crowd of but this thia is enough to show that tho the english language ahas has a good many words that while not exactly synonyms can bo be applied to mean an aggregation of units |
