Comments on: A Group Of Turtledoves Is Called A Pitying http://chronolect.com/archives/707 writes, reads history, listens to hip hop, never gets enough sleep Fri, 18 May 2012 10:47:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: The Animal Heezy | Chronolect http://chronolect.com/archives/707#comment-1778 The Animal Heezy | Chronolect Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:09:39 +0000 http://chronolect.com/?p=707#comment-1778 [...] The collective names for animals are rad. Perhaps approaching the same order of rad-ness are the terms for animals’ homes, which vary from the common pig pen to these jams, my favorites: [...] [...] The collective names for animals are rad. Perhaps approaching the same order of rad-ness are the terms for animals’ homes, which vary from the common pig pen to these jams, my favorites: [...]

]]> By: admin http://chronolect.com/archives/707#comment-1210 admin Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:55:05 +0000 http://chronolect.com/?p=707#comment-1210 Man, I gotta get that Lipton book. Venery terms are hilarious. As are all odd lists. I think listology will be my department one day, once I have enough academe-cred. Partial list of listers to teach: • John Hodgman • James Lipton, apparently • Roberto Bolano • Woolf (Orlando, three fields, what Orlando's father saw) • Aubrey (Brief Lives, pick any set) • This band Los Campesinos (the Peasants), who have a good song called "My Year In Lists" Man, I gotta get that Lipton book.

Venery terms are hilarious. As are all odd lists. I think listology will be my department one day, once I have enough academe-cred. Partial list of listers to teach:

• John Hodgman
• James Lipton, apparently
• Roberto Bolano
• Woolf (Orlando, three fields, what Orlando’s father saw)
• Aubrey (Brief Lives, pick any set)
• This band Los Campesinos (the Peasants), who have a good song called “My Year In Lists”

]]> By: David Wiggin http://chronolect.com/archives/707#comment-1209 David Wiggin Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:05:29 +0000 http://chronolect.com/?p=707#comment-1209 Urk. That's "Exaltation of LARKS." Don't know where I got doves from, though frankly now that I think of it doves makes more sense what with the Christian connotations... Urk. That’s “Exaltation of LARKS.” Don’t know where I got doves from, though frankly now that I think of it doves makes more sense what with the Christian connotations…

]]> By: David Wiggin http://chronolect.com/archives/707#comment-1208 David Wiggin Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:02:38 +0000 http://chronolect.com/?p=707#comment-1208 I guess it's a little outdated at this point but have you ever heard of the book "An Exaltation of Doves"? It's basically a book full of these 'groupings' collected by James Lipton (yes, that James Lipton. He was also briefly a pimp.) Its one of my dad's favorite books. Great illustrations too. I guess it’s a little outdated at this point but have you ever heard of the book “An Exaltation of Doves”? It’s basically a book full of these ‘groupings’ collected by James Lipton (yes, that James Lipton. He was also briefly a pimp.) Its one of my dad’s favorite books. Great illustrations too.

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