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What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
purplejenny Posted Nov 11, 2001
naah mate, its a network innit.
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
Lighthousegirl - back on board Posted Nov 11, 2001
Maybe it should be a discussion or an indecision?
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
purplejenny Posted Nov 11, 2001
erm... oh.. I dunno 
What u think?
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
Encapsulated Life Pod Number 3- Muse of Gibberish Posted Nov 11, 2001
* A waveform
* A Bumblesnugget
* An anarcho-syndicate
* A poetic collection
* A universe
* A farble
* A lobe
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Nov 11, 2001
I have an excelent idea (actually it is not mine). How about naming it a drift?
Dancer
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
GreyDesk Posted Nov 11, 2001
What about a "lurking" of Researchers, cos' that's what I've been doing ever since LHG suggested asking the community 
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
Lighthousegirl - back on board Posted Nov 11, 2001
* giggles at POD's suggestions *
Dancer, if I catch your drift you seem very keen on the idea of a drift of researchers
* waves to GD *
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese Posted Nov 11, 2001
how about 'backlog writers' ?
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
Sue Posted Nov 11, 2001
It's not very clever or inventive, but we do already have a term in use... a community
I rather like drift 
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
I'm not really here Posted Nov 11, 2001
I like drift so far, although what about a 'bookmark'?
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Nov 11, 2001
I thonk we should leave it as unambigeous as possible, therefore a backlog or a bookmark are probably not the best ideas.
I think there's no ambegiousness in drift 
Dancer (on the persistant annoying side today)
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
Beth Posted Nov 11, 2001
It occurs to me that there are those that talk at lot and those that talk a little. Those two groups perhaps can have different collective names.
GreyDesk suggested 'lurking', I'd reduce that to lurk and apply it to those who talk a little - a lurk of researchers.
Metal Chicken suggested 'babble', I'd change that to babel and apply it to those that talk a lot - a babel
The collective noun for when babels and lurks get together must of course be a drift of researchers because - well because Dancer is just not going to accept anything else.
Beth
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
Beth Posted Nov 11, 2001
Ooops, Dancer didn't see you there. You caught me talking about you.
Beth
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
Zak T Duck Posted Nov 11, 2001
Yes, drift is good.
But when can a drift of researchers actually be called a drift?
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Nov 11, 2001
The drift includes the researchers, saying a drift of researchers is like saying "The king of may king".
A drift is thinking to name a group of researchers a drift 
Dancer
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
Tube - the being being back for the time being Posted Nov 12, 2001
Yeah, Drift is way . Gets my vote! 
And I like the idea of having a word for the "consumer-side" of a drift. And the suggested "lurk" would fit nicely.
Thus the "lurk of the drift in this thread" would be the researchers of that given group who read but do not post.
I like that!
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
Tube - the being being back for the time being Posted Nov 12, 2001
Actually, the Babel you suggested is good, too, Beth.
Or we could call it a fish... seeing that they are usually rather quiet, it'd be a nice twist.
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Nov 12, 2001
And the babel of the drift are us
Dancer
What is the collective noun for a group of h2g2 Researchers?
Tube - the being being back for the time being Posted Nov 12, 2001
to Metal Chicken!
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