Comments on: The Stoakes-Whibley Natural Index of Supernatural Collective Nouns

By: alan

alan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:00:48 +0000

Excellent!

By: Ki

Ki — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:52:41 +0000

Interesting AND useful. I’m currently writing a novel featuring nephilim, and I had no idea they were collectively known as a tromp!

By: alan

alan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:27:54 +0000

Drew, sorry – lost your comment in spam. Good luck with it!

By: alan

alan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:31:51 +0000

Dear Santa

For Christmas, please send me:

A harem of sexbots
An opulence of succubi
A delectation of nymphs
A cavalry of valkyries
A gossip of mermaids
And maybe a large tub of Viagra

Thanks!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:27:34 +0000

Collective nouns? I thought this was your Christmas wish list (at least the harem of sexbots part).

By: Drew Neil

Drew Neil — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:10:17 +0000

I'm running a little experiment encouraging people to submit novel collective nouns to All Sorts. It works by searching Twitter for the #collectivenouns hashtag. If you see one you like, you can retweet it, and it counts as a vote. That way the best suggestions bubble up to the top.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:29:01 +0000

The best bit is the “All Entries Verified!” at the bottom right, just makes the whole list doesn’t it?

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:10:54 +0000

Glad to be of service.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:51:48 +0000

this is fantastic. I enjoyed it immensely. thanks for sharing. I shall forever know how to describe a gossip of mermaids and bureau of mole men.

By: alan

alan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:09:00 +0000

Yes. Yes you do!