Like the famous murmuration of starlings, a dole of doves is another beautiful collective noun from the aviary world. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “A Dole of Doves”
We’ve talked before on the show about collective nouns, like an exaltation of larks.
Right.
I came across one the other day in a story on CNN.
Oh, okay.
The collective noun was dole, D-O-L-E, a collective noun for doves.
It’s related to the Latin word for sadness.
And this was a description of a vigil for someone who died, and they released a dole of doves into the air.
Sort of a mournful image, a dole of doves.
I love that.
I do too.
That’s fantastic.
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