CWD - fostered by greed and profit

[Aim to maim]

Originally posted by fabsroman
I learn something new every day. Today, I learned that group of crows is called a "murder" and a group of ravens is called an "unkindness". Utterly insane. How about we just call things a group. For instance a group of deer instead of a herd of deer. A group of crows instead of a murder of crows. A group of birds instead of a flock. A group of geese instead of a gaggle. A group of lions instead of a pride. Man, that would save a few pages in Websters.

Yeah, but it would be far less fun. Speaking of insane, an "insanity" refers to a group of March Hares. (I admit I made that one up. I also have one for a group of jackrabbits but it's not appropriate for this forum.)

On a related note, it's disconcerting to see an attorney call for a simplicfication of language. Perhaps the end times are at hand. Hmm, I wonder how many pages in Black's Law Dicitonary could be saved.