Collective Nouns

UNM

Another thread started me thinking about coffee related collectve nouns.

What are accepted collective nouns? What else is needed?


I like one I found 'a froth of baristi'.

I think espresso machines should share the same collective noun as bishops 'a bench of  espresso machines' just sounds right.

Others?

Koffee_Kosmo

One taken from some black birds A gathering of some ladies and gentlemen taking a class to learn about coffee and how to use an espresso machine The noun is taken from a murder of crows And reworded to say a murder of students KK

Kelsey

An interesting one that always leaps to the fore for me is the plural of "Octopus". While "Octopi" is still technically correct, so is "Octopuses". Something about its Greek origins rather than Latin.

Koffee_Kosmo

on 1354842011:

An interesting one that always leaps to the fore for me is the plural of "Octopus". While "Octopi" is still technically correct, so is "Octopuses". Something about its Greek origins rather than Latin.

A few words come from Greek The reason or this is, - Latin at that time did not have a word for Octopus and possibly never knew of its existence KK

hiphipharar

on 1354842011:

An interesting one that always leaps to the fore for me is the plural of "Octopus". While "Octopi" is still technically correct, so is "Octopuses". Something about its Greek origins rather than Latin.

Actually, because of its Greek roots, octopuses is technically correct. The '-i' pluralization only applies to words with Latin roots like radius,  stimulus, cactus (though mainly because its botanical Latin) but not to words like focus,  minus, platypus

askthecoffeeguy

I like to refer to a gaggle of baristi and a stunned mullet of customers ...

derrilex

on 1354845629:

Octopus and possibly never knew of its existence KK

And yet today, the Greeks scarf em' down like there is no tomorrow :rofl:

Koffee_Kosmo

on 1354951480:

And yet today, the Greeks scarf em' down like there is no tomorrow :rofl:

NO read the post The Anglo Saxons and there latin language did not know of the octopus existence hence they had no word of them KK