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From: polard@fortune.UUCP (Henry Polard)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Sloppy Prose
Message-ID: <5177@fortune.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 5-Apr-85 11:38:37 EST
Article-I.D.: fortune.5177
Posted: Fri Apr  5 11:38:37 1985
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Reply-To: polard@fortune.UUCP (Henry polard)
Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA
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Summary: 

In article <5032@ukc.UUCP> ncg@ukc.UUCP (Nigel Gale) writes:
>
>What is the collective noun for whores?
>As 'pride' is to lions, as 'gaggle' is to geese (for highschool dropouts)
>
>So 'anthology' is to whores.
>as in 
>      Anthology of English Pro's

A delightful book of collectives is _An Exaltation of Angels_ (or Larks -
I've forgotten which, and have forgotten the author and publisher).
The book's coolective for pro's:
	A flourish of strumpets.
-- 
Henry Polard (You bring the flames - I'll bring the marshmallows.)
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