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#1 User is offline   shyann 

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Posted 06 July 2008 - 01:23 PM

I went to my First Meet at Castle Coombe [which was absoutly brilliant & I can now put faces to people]
I wondered what we called a group of lovely Pumas.Theres a pride of Lions, a gaggle of geese so why not a name for Pumas. cool.gif
What is the collective name for a group of Pumas/Pumai -

for example :- A Pride of Pumas

A Purr of Pumas

A Growl of Pumas -[FRG]

What do you guys & girls think? cool.gif

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Posted 06 July 2008 - 01:38 PM

Pumai
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Posted 06 July 2008 - 02:20 PM

From wiki answers...


What is a group of cats called?

- A group of cats is called a clowder or a clutter

- If they are cats a mother cat has just had...a "litter"

- Most cats live solitary lives with the exception of lions. In this case it would be called a pack or pride.

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Posted 06 July 2008 - 04:04 PM

a rust of Pumas
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  Posted 06 July 2008 - 04:18 PM

QUOTE (happy-kat @ Jul 6 2008, 01:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Pumai
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I'm with Kate on this one. biggrin.gif If it was good enough for Alan Partridge and his 'Lexi' for a gathering of more than one Lexus, it's alright for me. biggrin.gif

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#6 User is offline   happy-kat 

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Posted 06 July 2008 - 05:07 PM

I have seen others use that term so thought to post it, haven't seen it recently though smile.gif
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Posted 06 July 2008 - 05:12 PM

Pumaii gets used a fair bit round here, I thought it was double "ii" though, rather than single.
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Posted 06 July 2008 - 05:45 PM

yep looks better, it is double ii biggrin.gif your memory is better than mine

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Posted 06 July 2008 - 06:05 PM

The 'i' thing only works on words ending in 'us' though doesn't it?

radius = radii
hippopotamus= hippopotami

surely it would be more correct, as done with other words ending in 'a' to add an 'e' i.e. Pumae
as in

mucosa = mucosae
larva = larvae
amoeba = amoebae

However....

according to Wikipedia the puma is a solitary animal therefore wouldn't be found in a group, consequently doesn't require a collective noun

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Posted 06 July 2008 - 06:26 PM

never seen it used like that PN, have seen it used as danellis corrected me smile.gif
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Posted 06 July 2008 - 07:21 PM

given that they are usually solitary, but we do get them together at pre-arranged times, why not call such a collection...

a meet? smile.gif


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Posted 06 July 2008 - 10:20 PM

damn - that is what I was going to say ......... but you pushed in first!! tongue.gif
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Posted 07 July 2008 - 07:51 AM

i second a "rust" of puma's
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Posted 07 July 2008 - 07:53 AM

No rust for me - it's all fixed! smile.gif
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Posted 07 July 2008 - 08:30 AM

I quite like a 'meet' of pumaii.... that gets my approval wink.gif
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Posted 07 July 2008 - 10:16 AM

I have got a "pair" at the moment tongue.gif (so have you PussCat)

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Posted 07 July 2008 - 10:17 AM

Thats a "brace" Elvin

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Posted 07 July 2008 - 02:00 PM

Nah, they hold a teenager's teeth together
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Posted 07 July 2008 - 02:04 PM

QUOTE (Pumasparky @ Jul 7 2008, 03:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Nah, they hold a teenager's teeth together


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mind you there's a Brace of pigeons rolleyes.gif

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