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25 Sep 04 - 08:08 AM (#1280662) Subject: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: Chris Green It strikes that although most things have a collective noun (a pride of lions, a pod of whales,etc) this seems to be lacking in the folk world. Any suggestions? To get you started, here's a few I feel are appropriate! A jingle of morrismen An earbleed of bagpipes A noodle of guitars A bellow of shanty singers A fart of bombardes I thank you Chris |
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25 Sep 04 - 09:07 AM (#1280681) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: Murray MacLeod A pose of singer/sonwriters An embarrassment of bodhrans An annoyance of fiddlers |
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25 Sep 04 - 09:20 AM (#1280684) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: Genie LOVE these: A bellow of shanty singers An embarrassment of bodhrans LOL! How about these: A lark of madrigal singers A twang of banjo pickers A chutzpah of klezmer musicians |
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25 Sep 04 - 09:27 AM (#1280687) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: Chris Green How about A plunk of mandolins A wheeze of melodeons A wibble of theremins "A chutzpah of klezmer musicians" made me laugh quite a lot! |
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25 Sep 04 - 09:28 AM (#1280688) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: DMcG A variation of singers. |
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25 Sep 04 - 10:38 AM (#1280716) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: Amos A squawk of fiddlers? A gallop of banjos? A sproing of guitar strings? (Any number mnore than two, which is an embrace of guitar strings). A scatter of fingerpicks? A rattle of Dylan tunes? |
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25 Sep 04 - 10:43 AM (#1280721) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: GUEST,banjoman A Canteen of spoon players A misery of melodeons an hunch of harmony singers A redoubt of recorder players |
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25 Sep 04 - 11:01 AM (#1280731) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: Chris Green A stampede of step dancers A cacophony of jazz bands A quack of oboes (sorry moonunit!) |
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25 Sep 04 - 11:02 AM (#1280732) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: Leadfingers An Earful of Trad Singers ?? |
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25 Sep 04 - 11:47 AM (#1280752) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: John MacKenzie A plink of mandolinists A splutter of Jug players A buzz of jew's harpists A superfluosity of tiple players An ossiary of bone players. |
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25 Sep 04 - 12:04 PM (#1280760) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: Amos These are hilarious!! We obviously have a sidesplit of comedians here!! A |
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25 Sep 04 - 12:11 PM (#1280761) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: Chris Green Not forgetting a niggle of critics! |
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25 Sep 04 - 12:21 PM (#1280767) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: GUEST,Auldtimer A feedback of sound men or maybe that should be, a regeneration of sound men. Some events I've been to, a lack of..., or , a deafness of ..., would be nearer. An irrelevance of piano accordionists A retune of guitar players. A handrub of MCs. An incompitance of festival organisers. A sewerage of foxhunt supporters. |
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25 Sep 04 - 12:40 PM (#1280789) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: Kenny B (inactive) A Box of Accordianists A Garden of Bodhranicals A Capella of Unaccompanied Singers |
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25 Sep 04 - 12:42 PM (#1280791) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: Chris Green A bizmal of banjos? |
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25 Sep 04 - 01:46 PM (#1280844) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: McGrath of Harlow A rabble of folkies... |
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25 Sep 04 - 03:58 PM (#1280937) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: Kenny B (inactive) Maybe also A Scrabble of literate Folkies? Spelling optional :<}> |
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25 Sep 04 - 04:10 PM (#1280945) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: John MacKenzie A suck of harmonica players A martello of hammered dulcimer players An Acropolis of bazouki players A monotony of phonofiddle players A clash of tambourine players A Dead Horse of triangle players A shankar of sitar players. Giok |
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25 Sep 04 - 04:13 PM (#1280949) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: GUEST Rick Spencer's "Hexagon Zombie" mentions a din of concertinas. |
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25 Sep 04 - 04:13 PM (#1280950) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: Amos And a hum of Kazooers. A |
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25 Sep 04 - 04:26 PM (#1280957) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: Q (Frank Staplin) An erection of horn players |
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25 Sep 04 - 05:07 PM (#1280973) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: Mudlark A drone of dulcimers... |
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25 Sep 04 - 05:38 PM (#1280994) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: McGrath of Harlow A puff of pipers |
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25 Sep 04 - 06:42 PM (#1281033) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk msuc From: Chris Green surely a puff of glam rock bands! |
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25 Sep 04 - 07:09 PM (#1281052) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: GUEST,milk monitor A calabash of koras. |
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25 Sep 04 - 11:41 PM (#1281157) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Nerd a tinkle of harpers an oompah of brass a shreik of tinwhistles a flurry of flutes a house of horas a minyan of Klezmorim (okay, that may be too Jewish for many) a diddly of jigs a roll of reels a peck of (pickled) polkas a party of Cajuns... |
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25 Sep 04 - 11:47 PM (#1281159) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: The Fooles Troupe A Bellows of Accordionists |
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26 Sep 04 - 06:47 AM (#1281297) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Hrothgar From Joy Duncan: a mellifluity of dulcimers. |
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26 Sep 04 - 07:10 AM (#1281313) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Snuffy A refrain (please) of folk singers |
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26 Sep 04 - 09:32 AM (#1281362) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: JennyO There are some musical references on this thread about collective nouns. |
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26 Sep 04 - 09:44 AM (#1281371) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: The Fooles Troupe Ah Snuffy, that reminds me of the Old Soldier's Song that goes Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! (Refrain!)*** Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! (Refrain!)*** Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! (Refrain!)*** *** This is where they empty their tankards... |
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26 Sep 04 - 12:36 PM (#1281492) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: John MacKenzie A gumbo of zydeco players. A a waxy finger tipped disciple of Ewan McColl. A bedenimed disciple of Dylan, and Donovan. A thimblefull of washboard players. Giok |
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26 Sep 04 - 01:35 PM (#1281527) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Blowzabella A dirge of ballad singers... |
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26 Sep 04 - 02:50 PM (#1281577) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: John Hardly You mean there's a plural of any of these musicians? |
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26 Sep 04 - 07:36 PM (#1281799) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: pdq A fipple of flautists A plethora of pipers An overabundance of political folkies |
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26 Sep 04 - 07:42 PM (#1281807) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Naemanson A palmed ear of unaccompanied singers? |
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26 Sep 04 - 10:46 PM (#1281908) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: The Fooles Troupe "You mean there's a plural of any of these musicians?" Terrifying, isn't it? |
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27 Sep 04 - 10:34 AM (#1282262) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: GUEST,Mingulay A cacophony of cornettists. A trump of trombonists. An ogre of organists. A clump of Coppers singers. A scourge of skifflers. |
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27 Sep 04 - 11:44 AM (#1282330) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: pdq A swindle of promoters |
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27 Sep 04 - 12:21 PM (#1282357) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: vectis A Bodhron squadron A mandolin menage A bore of balladeers A skipful of melodeons |
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28 Sep 04 - 10:06 AM (#1283152) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Roger the Skiffler A dustbin of washboards OR A Washeteria of rubboards RtScourge (a-hummin' & a-thimblin') |
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28 Sep 04 - 11:51 AM (#1283232) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Chris Green A nippletrap of accordions. |
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28 Sep 04 - 12:17 PM (#1283253) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: GUEST,Frug A scraping of psalteries A beard of folkies A frailing of banjoists A pluck of harpists A basement (abasement) of bass players |
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29 Sep 04 - 03:30 AM (#1283779) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Mo Bradshaw A flutulence, perhaps! |
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29 Sep 04 - 04:19 AM (#1283811) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Gurney A whinge of blues singers. A grief of balladeers. |
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29 Sep 04 - 10:07 PM (#1284570) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Blissfully Ignorant An astoundment of singer-songwriters...sorry, massaging my ego there *rub rub* A brilliance of guitarists... and again *rub rub* |
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29 Sep 04 - 11:26 PM (#1284593) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: GUEST,Seaking A gargle of festival throats A rosin of Bows A picket of plectrums |
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30 Sep 04 - 04:33 AM (#1284722) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: GUEST,noddy a bonfire of banjos ( just wishful thinking on my part) |
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30 Sep 04 - 09:07 AM (#1284854) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Chris Green In which case, surely the collective noun for singer-songwriters' albums must be "the Bonfire of the Vanity Projects"! :-) |
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30 Sep 04 - 10:17 AM (#1284910) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: GUEST,Fr |
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30 Sep 04 - 10:24 AM (#1284914) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: GUEST,Frug Nay..........surely an ego of singer songwriters and yet.......an apology of accordionists a drone of pipers a grimace of hurdy gurdy players an annoyance of nyckelharpers an obmutescence of banjoists |
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30 Sep 04 - 11:17 AM (#1284951) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: GUEST,The Scone Fairy An Armpit of bodhran players. Only jokin' lads! Honest!!! |
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30 Sep 04 - 11:35 AM (#1284961) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: John MacKenzie Surely it must be a Caprine of Bodhran players. Giok |
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30 Sep 04 - 01:03 PM (#1285021) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Genie "a niggle of critics" "a box of accordionists" "a capella of unaccompanied singers" "a bismal of banjos" LMAO! §:-D How about these? a smut of rappers a staggering of pub singers a contrivance of teen pop divas a trocity of bodhran players a gumbo of Zydeco musicians |
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30 Sep 04 - 01:57 PM (#1285078) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Georgiansilver A stride of piano stools. A round of Good ales A picking of strings |
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30 Sep 04 - 03:34 PM (#1285178) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: el_punkoid_nouveau A vault of electric guitarists? |
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30 Sep 04 - 03:36 PM (#1285181) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: el_punkoid_nouveau Rethink - a voltage of electric guitarists! An excess of squeezebox players... A mouthfull of callers... |
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30 Sep 04 - 07:04 PM (#1285345) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: TheBigPinkLad A bounty of coconut cloppers A shortwave of saw players A suspicion of agents An ocean of shanties A twattle of PELites |
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30 Sep 04 - 07:28 PM (#1285368) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: GUEST,milk monitor A flight case of roadies. A timetable of tour managers. |
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10 Nov 09 - 01:54 PM (#2763599) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: VirginiaTam Came up with this one today. But I thought of it only as a normal collective noun. Upon filtering for a collective noun thread to add it too, found this one was not closed. Turns out it could be a good name for an aging folk group. A Winter of Malcontents |
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10 Nov 09 - 02:18 PM (#2763609) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Smokey. A wittering of whistles. A race of fiddlers. A muddle of melodeons. An inferno of sundry percussionists. A bandwagon of political folksingers. A skipful of banjos. |
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10 Nov 09 - 03:22 PM (#2763650) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Young Buchan Oh dear. I'm afraid I have been sent by the British Union of Pedants to disqualify all the above examples. They are all Nouns of Assembly. A collective noun does not include a description of the elements which constitute the single element - put simply NO 'OF'. Hence Parliament is a collective noun, since we do not say 'a Parliament of MPs'; but a parliament of owls is a noun of assembly. Other examples of genuine collective nouns would be The Navy, humanity or womankind. |
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10 Nov 09 - 03:46 PM (#2763671) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: melodeonboy Hurrah for pedantry! |
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10 Nov 09 - 03:49 PM (#2763674) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: VirginiaTam damn.. just googled winter of malcontents. I am not so brilliant as I thought I was. sigh |
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10 Nov 09 - 03:49 PM (#2763675) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Tug the Cox A tedium of pedants. |
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10 Nov 09 - 03:53 PM (#2763679) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Tim Leaning A stool of pianos. A tonal of fiddles A university of Folkies A R.S.E of playing that new song. |
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10 Nov 09 - 04:19 PM (#2763697) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Bill D To further the cause of pedantry, these are often referred to as 'terms of venery' |
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10 Nov 09 - 04:31 PM (#2763703) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Chris Partington An arseful of pedantry. |
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10 Nov 09 - 06:37 PM (#2763789) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Acorn4 A migraine of melodeons! |
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10 Nov 09 - 07:32 PM (#2763817) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Smokey. A wheezing of harmoniums. (or harmoniae/harmonia, for the pedants) An exhalation of ocarinas. A persuasion of shawms. An intrusion of bodhráns. An embarrassment of singer/songwriters. |
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10 Nov 09 - 07:46 PM (#2763824) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Chris Green A wobwobwob of moogs. |
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10 Nov 09 - 08:13 PM (#2763837) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Smokey. An ascendance of mellotrons. |
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10 Nov 09 - 08:51 PM (#2763856) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Amos A pound of bodhrans, a plectrum of Martins, a frenzy of bnjos, a swoop of fiddles... |
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11 Nov 09 - 05:34 AM (#2763998) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Young Buchan "To further the cause of pedantry, these are often referred to as 'terms of venery'" Quite correct Bill. Though strictly/pedantically that should only be applied to groups of creatures that are to be hunted down and killed. So 'a twang of banjo players' would hardly be ...... Oh. OK. I see your point. |
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11 Nov 09 - 05:48 AM (#2764004) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Young Buchan Of course, from an entirely different root, 'terms of venery' can also mean sexual terms. Chris P's suggestion of 'an arseful of pedantry' would not qualify under this heading either. But 'an arseful of pedants' probably would. |
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11 Nov 09 - 05:56 AM (#2764009) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: melodeonboy "A migraine of melodeons!" Wonderful! Yet more pedantry, please! You've whetted my appetite! |
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11 Nov 09 - 06:02 AM (#2764011) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Georgiansilver A bothering of Bodhrans... or banjos????... |
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11 Nov 09 - 06:08 AM (#2764014) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Callie An eternity of Gospel singers |
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11 Nov 09 - 07:07 AM (#2764037) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Mr Red An interjection of hecklers followed by a rip host of MC's? And in honour of the most helpful and knowledgeable of the clan: A Malcolm Douglas of Folklorists. (It would take a collection to equal his endeavours). |
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11 Nov 09 - 08:52 AM (#2764071) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Tim Leaning "Oh dear. I'm afraid I have been sent by the British Union of Pedants to disqualify all the above examples. They are all Nouns of Assembly. A collective noun does not include a description of the elements which constitute the single element - put simply NO 'OF'. Hence Parliament is a collective noun," What only a collective noun? |
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11 Nov 09 - 09:50 AM (#2764113) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Derby Ram OK - Then: A BAND of Concertinists A PEDDLING of Organists A BICYCLE of Pedants (dislecsik egzampal) A CHORD of Guitarists A MARCH of Tubas A SHOWER of singers A PIG of Whistlers A BAG of Pipers A WHINGEING of Pedants |
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11 Nov 09 - 01:50 PM (#2764240) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: GUEST,Steamin' Willie "Oh dear. I'm afraid I have been sent by the British Union of Pedants to disqualify all the above examples. They are all Nouns of Assembly. A collective noun does not include a description of the elements which constitute the single element - put simply NO 'OF'. Hence Parliament is a collective noun," Oh heck! Does that mean I can't have a weird beard of shanty singers? Or a sandals of concertina players? I suppose a sanctimoniousness of unaccompanied singers is out of the question too. Ah well. |
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11 Nov 09 - 01:58 PM (#2764248) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Murray MacLeod pedants should always check carefully before they pontificate. Nouns of assembly are considered by grammarians to be a subset of collective nouns, inasmuch as the noun can be used on its own, without necessarily requiring the "of ********" qualification. " I set off to hunt for buffalo. I knew that there was a huge herd just over the hill" Herd is a collective noun. |
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11 Nov 09 - 02:19 PM (#2764267) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: GUEST,Seonaid A blat of fluegelhorns An ornamentation of sean-nos singers A pierce of piccolos A clank of cowbells A stir of spoons An Efrem of cymbalists |
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11 Nov 09 - 02:38 PM (#2764281) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: VirginiaTam A Pedantry of Folk Definitionists? A Definition of Folk Pedants? |
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11 Nov 09 - 02:47 PM (#2764286) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: GUEST,Seonaid Re spoons -- Does one spoon equal a half-couple of spoons? |
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11 Nov 09 - 06:12 PM (#2764419) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Tootler A persuasion of shawms. No, you can't have that one. Shawms already have a collective noun dating from the 16th century: A noyse [sic] of shawms |
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11 Nov 09 - 07:16 PM (#2764460) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Smokey. Aw Tootler, you spoilsport - I liked that one.. An oddness of crumhorns. A belligerence of shanty-mongers. A competitiveness of guitarists. A plague of fiddlers. A flare of cornetti. A grip of racketts. |
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11 Nov 09 - 07:52 PM (#2764476) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Smokey. Perhaps that should be 'A grip of racketteers'. A belligerence of bassists. A smugness of flautists. A perversion of concertina....ists. A twangling of Appalachian dulcimers. A ludicrosity of serpents. |
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11 Nov 09 - 08:28 PM (#2764491) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Smokey. A monotony of smallpipes. An unwelcomeness of saxophones. A gust of whistlers. A sweetness of ukeleles. An unlikeliness of violas. A fisting of French horns. |
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12 Nov 09 - 06:26 AM (#2764644) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: GUEST,Bob L A conflict of callers... |
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12 Nov 09 - 08:20 AM (#2764698) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: GUEST An Efrem of cymbalists - only if they number 77 all doing a Sunset Strip! |
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12 Nov 09 - 12:16 PM (#2764871) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: GUEST,Seonaid LOL -- you topped me there! (And I know how old you must be, nyah-nyah-nyah!) |
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13 Nov 09 - 05:28 AM (#2765297) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Bryn Pugh A clutch of shaky eggs. I'll get me Barbour . . . |
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13 Nov 09 - 06:14 AM (#2765317) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Piers Plowman A flock of pan-pipers A rash of singer-songwriters A bend of crumhornists A mint of penny-whistlers A storm of of bodhranists A press of autoharpists |
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13 Nov 09 - 06:18 AM (#2765320) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Piers Plowman A battery of cimbalists A convolute of serpent-players |
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13 Nov 09 - 11:56 AM (#2765348) Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music From: Tim Leaning A Fust of cardigans A Badger of Beards |