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Annual Sherwood Forest Walk 2004

Post 21

Laura

With lots of sheep. The Canadian and German students on the walk were quite puzzled about the lack of trees on the hills and mountains but I'd have thought the sheep were quite an obvious answer in themselves. smiley - erm


Annual Sherwood Forest Walk 2004

Post 22

Estelendur (AKA Esty)

Why is smiley - sheepthe plural of smiley - sheep?


Annual Sherwood Forest Walk 2004

Post 23

Laura

If you can't tell one apart from the other, what's the point in having anything other than a collective noun?


Annual Sherwood Forest Walk 2004

Post 24

Lizzbett


Me and my boyfriend lay awake one night trying to think of other animals that have the same singular and collective noun. Apart from smiley - sheep, the only other one we came up with was deer.


Annual Sherwood Forest Walk 2004

Post 25

Heleloo - Red Dragon Incarnate

moose

fish

reindeer


Annual Sherwood Forest Walk 2004

Post 26

Laura

Spent a good half hour on a coach trying to think of some with a couple of Americans and someone from Yorkshire, but all I can remember is Wilderbeast and Jellyfish, I'm sure we came up with about 20 though smiley - smiley


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