Today’s poem is called ‘An Invention of Collective Nouns’.

[brianbilston@mastodon.online]

Today’s poem is called ‘An Invention of Collective Nouns’.

[infonauten@helvede.net]

@brianbilston I have been known to deliberately misspell "pedant" as "pendant" just to see the reaction from the correction of pedants.

[brianbilston@mastodon.online]

@infonauten I’m glad to hear you do that.

[raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie]

@brianbilston
Genius.

[hallvors@oslo.town]

@brianbilston this comes from the Venn diagram intersection of the strokes and enjambements

[hunspirillen@helvede.net]

@brianbilston Who is Richard?

[v4169sgr@mastodon.green]

@brianbilston

Some lives of Brian?

[delcj@mas.to]

@hunspirillen at first i didn't get that one either so i went looking, and Richard is this: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/embarrassment-of-riches
@brianbilston

[mattdawhit@mastodon.iow.social]

@brianbilston
Bout is my favourite

[garry@mstdn.social]

@brianbilston A "correction" of pedants?! I think you'll find...

[theothersimo@mastodon.social]

@brianbilston a wunch of bankers.

[redsad@ohai.social]

@brianbilston how do you pronounce scones?

[sethbrown@linuxrocks.online]

@brianbilston I like "embarrassment of Richards".

[leonieke@squilla.vitaulium.eu]

@brianbilston Thank you, this is just so perfect, it tickles every pun-reaction in my body!

[mpospese@mountains.social]

@brianbilston brilliant!

[choomba@social.tchncs.de]

@brianbilston A podcast of white men. A precinct of pigs.

[solitha@mastodon.social]

@brianbilston You've been firing them out lately. Not having a stroke are you?