Comments on: Murmuration https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/11/07/murmuration/ Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:53:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Riman Butterbur https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/11/07/murmuration/#comment-509437 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:53:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/11/07/murmuration/#comment-509437 A crash of rhinos… school of fish… parliament of owls… murder of crows… consternation of something or other…

Does English have a name for a swarm of redundant synonyms?

]]> By: KATE SESSELMAN https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/11/07/murmuration/#comment-509436 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:36:36 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/11/07/murmuration/#comment-509436 IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR, I SAW A MURMURATION IN SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY. I DIDN’T KNOW UNTIL NOW WHAT IT WAS. IT WAS SMALLER THAN THE ONE IN THE VIDEO BUT IT WAS MAGICAL. IT WAS LIKE AN OPTICAL ILLUSION. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND PERFECT AND I MEAN PERFECT. IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR I SAW A LARGE DRAGON FLY SWARM AND NOW THIS.

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