Why a Gaggle of Geese? Where Do Collective Nouns Come From?

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Why a Gaggle of Geese? Where Do Collective Nouns Come From?

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Feb 13, 2019

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About 500 years ago, creating clever collective nouns for groups of animals, objects, and people was trendy, and some of those nouns of assemblage stuck. Learn the history of this quirk of the English language in today's episode of BrainStuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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