New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Trip of Goats
Another collective noun – today, a Trip of Goats. Goats are pretty trippy, with their square eyes like an octopus. The etymology of “trip” in reference to a group of goats is more obscure, however: 1275–1325; Middle English; apparently special use of trip in the sense of a group moving together, hence gang, flock – Random House Dictionary (2012)…
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New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Rake of Colts
Another collective noun – today, a Rake of Colts. In looking up information regarding this collective noun, I found out that colts are specifically uncastrated male horses under four years old. I’ve never heard the term “rake” applied to colts, but apparently it’s…
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New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Quarrel of Sparrows
Another collective noun – today, a Quarrel of Sparrows. Today, I learned that I really should try to forget everything I thought I knew about birds. When I was a kid, my dad would point out the names of all the birds…
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New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Pod of Walrus
Another collective noun – today, a Pod of Walrus. Walrus appear to be collective noun in of themselves, like “deer” or “fish”. Although, to be technical, when speaking of a group of different fish species, it is accurate to say “fishes”. P…
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New Artwork – Ian Rogers – an Obstinacy of Buffaloes
Another collective noun – today, an Obstinacy of Buffaloes. Or should I say buffalos? Or simply buffalo? The experts disagree. Then there’s the whole bison/buffalo thing. For the sake of clarity I drew African Buffalo. The small white bird is a cattle…
