četrtek, 14. april 2011

Take... lingvistično navdahnjene

Browsing the net, I've stumbled across this: http://www.myuniversalfacts.com/2005/11/what-group-of-animals-are-called.html. Kako imenujemo v angleščini skupino živali, 'collective noun, torej. Slovenščina je TAKO neinventivna kar se tega tiče. Čreda, jata, kdrelo in trop, pa smo tam. HOČEM se kaj bolj zabavnega
Recimo: a parliment of owls.... parlament sov.
PA ne bi samo prevajali, recimo, skupini mladih mačk bi rekla.... emmmm... 'klobčič' muck. In 'zgaga' psičkov. In vrabci bi se lahko recimo zbirali v..... 'kregu' ali 'hrupu'. Ali 'živžavu'?
V kakšnem skupinskem samostalniku se zbira  vaša najljubša žival?
Evo, za primer, recimo I LOOOOVE a 'mob' of emus.
Antelope:        A herd of antelope
Ant:             A colony or An army of ants
Ape:             A shrewdness of apes
Baboons:         A troop of baboons
Bacteria:        A culture of bacteria
Badger:          A cete of badgers
Bass:            A shoal of bass
Bear:            A sleuth or sloth of bears
Beaver:          A colony of beavers
Bee:             A swarm, grist or hive of bees
Bird:            A flock, flight, congregation or volery of birds
Boar:            A sounder of boars
Buffalo:         A herd of buffalo
Buck:            A brace or clash of bucks
Caterpillar:     An army of caterpillars
Cat:             A clowder or clutter of cats
Cattle:          A herd or drove of cattle
Chicken:         A brood or peep of chickens
Chicks:          A clutch or chattering of chicks
Clam:            A bed of clams
Cobra:           A quiver of cobras
Cockroach:       An intrusion of cockroaches
Colt:            A rag of colts
Cow:             A kine of cows (twelve cows are A flink)
Coyote:          A band of coyote
Crane:           A sedge or siege of cranes
Crocodile:       A float of crocodiles
Crow:            A murder of crows
Cub:             A litter of cubs
Curlew:          A herd of curlews
Cur:             A cowardice of curs
Deer:            A herd of deer
Dog:             A pack of dogs
Donkey:          A herd or pace of asses
Dove:            A dule of doves
Duck:            A brace, paddling or team of ducks
Elephant:        A herd of elephants
Seal:            A pod of elephant seals
Elk:             A gang of elks
Emus:            A mob of emus

4 komentarji:

alcessa pravi ...

Hi hi, pa sva kar istočasno zablogali od navdušenja :-)

Svoje fejvorite imam na blogu, edino o slovenskih prevodih še nisem razmišljala...

alcessa pravi ...

evo, nisem več zdržala pri delu:

drget kober?
strok morskih levov/tjulenjev?
stolpnica žiraf?
poplava povodnih konjev?
kankan klopotač?
robavs krokarjev?

yemamaya pravi ...

U U. odličen! 'robavs krokarjev'. Ta je prima!!!zelo všečen.

Loddelina pravi ...

O, collective nouns of animals?
- potem si moraš pa nujno privoščiti takole majčko:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/62602004/organic-pima-cotton-t-shirt-animal-group

Mogoče lahko oblikujemo slovensko inačico...