::: “a walk of snails” or a snail’s walk?
Collective nouns can be beautiful and evocative, even poetic!
Like the collective noun for snails …
… ‘an ascargatoire’ of snails! How magnificent is that?!
Then there is also a rout of snails and a walk of snails
Here’s an nice, simple poem we taught the children about snails.
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