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minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-23 days agoCongratulations! How many flamingos are you? What’s your collective noun?
minus-squareflamingos-cant@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoAt least 4 at any time and apparently the collective noun for flamingos is ‘flamboyance’.
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoHang on there, you’re not even a flock? Just at least four flamingos in a trench coat? I knew it.
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoWhen there’s enough flamingos to require a second trenchcoat. But then does it become a flock of trenchcoats? What’s the collective noun for those?
Congratulations!
How many flamingos are you? What’s your collective noun?
At least 4 at any time and apparently the collective noun for flamingos is ‘flamboyance’.
Hang on there, you’re not even a flock? Just at least four flamingos in a trench coat? I knew it.
How many flamingos is a flock, Sorites?
When there’s enough flamingos to require a second trenchcoat.
But then does it become a flock of trenchcoats? What’s the collective noun for those?
A noir.