Interesting Facts - English Words

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From the page: "A group of magpies is called a tiding, one of ravens an unkindness, one of turtledoves a pitying, one of starlings a murmuration, one of swans a lamentation, one of ponies a string, one of rattlesnakes a rhumba, one of crows a murder, one of cobras a quiver, one of foxes a... more

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Reviewed by gtorell on Feb 09 2009, 6:11pm

wait, a list with sources? my mind is blown
Rated by TrueParadox on Aug 12 2008, 10:20am

I love word origins
Rated by an2net on Aug 10 2008, 3:03pm

Interesting what people do with their language...
Rated by irskep on Jun 30 2008, 6:41am

Finally, a fact dump with sources. I usually hate fact dumps, but I wanted to mark this one as special for playing by the rules.
Rated by jeff6996 on Jan 21 2008, 12:52am

Don't like trivia on language
Rated by mustafaturan1 on Dec 26 2007, 7:10am

From the page: "The word slave comes from Slav, the name of a group of Eastern European peoples. In antiquity, Germanic tribes captured Slavs and sold them to the Romans as slaves."
Rated by Quwen-Q on Dec 03 2007, 1:23pm

Finally a "facts" list that is actually true.
Rated by Livtay on Dec 03 2007, 1:24am

origin of english words, great source

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