Head Kracker.4790 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 The name of a group of Skyscales? Its a flight of dragons a murder of crows a flock of Geese What's your thoughts on what a grouping of them should be? Is it a Breeze of Skyscales? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kharmin.7683 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 A kitten-ton of skyscales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bast.7253 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 > @"Head Kracker.4790" said: > The name of a group of Skyscales? > Its a flight of dragons > a murder of crows > a flock of Geese > What's your thoughts on what a grouping of them should be? > > Is it a Breeze of Skyscales? Didn't Taimi make a comment about a "Glory of Dragons." As in the grouping would be called a glory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentMoore.9453 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 A mess. A mess of Skyscales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batel.9206 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 A chaos of skyscales? A swarm of skyscales? A weight of skyscales? (get it? sky*scale?* ...okay I'll see myself out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallesafe.5932 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 A cluster-fuck of skyscales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfb.7025 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 love? baby don't hurt me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I've been told that the collective noun for dragons is a weyr, but I've never been able to find out if that pre-dates Anne McCaffery using the term or if it came from her books. (Which is annoying, because if it's the second one I'd like to know where she got it from.) I think @"Bast.7253" is right that Taimi uses 'glory' as the collective noun. Since collective nouns are descriptive terms for literature or poetry and not technical or scientific terms I'd say you can use whatever sounds best at the time. I like 'a flight of skyscales' but for the effect when there's lots of them in game I think 'a flurry of skyscales' would be more appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillbryschan.3281 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 > @"Batel.9206" said: > A weight of skyscales? (get it? sky*scale?* ...okay I'll see myself out) Loooool! Get back in here! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumTingWong.8793 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I vote for a Lag of Skyscales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury ranique.2170 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 a group of lizards is called a lounge. A group of komodo dragons is called a bank. So I would go for: A bank of skyscales A lounge of skyscales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObsidianDragon.6934 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 A weird. A weird of skyscales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Prinny.6492 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 FLAP-A-LOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 > @"Danikat.8537" said: > I've been told that the collective noun for dragons is a weyr, but I've never been able to find out if that pre-dates Anne McCaffery using the term or if it came from her books. (Which is annoying, because if it's the second one I'd like to know where she got it from.) > > I think @"Bast.7253" is right that Taimi uses 'glory' as the collective noun. > > Since collective nouns are descriptive terms for literature or poetry and not technical or scientific terms I'd say you can use whatever sounds best at the time. I like 'a flight of skyscales' but for the effect when there's lots of them in game I think 'a flurry of skyscales' would be more appropriate. For reference she made up the word, although I've read she liked the word 'eyrie' and that sort of shaped the word weyr Basically her use of weyr for a collective of dragons is entirely made up for use in her stories and has no basis in anything else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > @"Danikat.8537" said: > > I've been told that the collective noun for dragons is a weyr, but I've never been able to find out if that pre-dates Anne McCaffery using the term or if it came from her books. (Which is annoying, because if it's the second one I'd like to know where she got it from.) > > > > I think @"Bast.7253" is right that Taimi uses 'glory' as the collective noun. > > > > Since collective nouns are descriptive terms for literature or poetry and not technical or scientific terms I'd say you can use whatever sounds best at the time. I like 'a flight of skyscales' but for the effect when there's lots of them in game I think 'a flurry of skyscales' would be more appropriate. > > For reference she made up the word, although I've read she liked the word 'eyrie' and that sort of shaped the word weyr > > Basically her use of weyr for a collective of dragons is entirely made up for use in her stories and has no basis in anything else Thanks. That's what I suspected based on the limited research I've done on the subject. It's surprisingly hard to use the internet to find out if a word was in use prior to the late 60's, but weyr is definitely one of the more common answers which comes up, right up there with "how can you have a collective noun for something that isn't even real?" (which goes to show the kind of people who frequent websites where collective nouns are discussed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawdler.8521 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Hm. If it was only Asurans flying them would that take precendence or do we still group them by skyscales? Just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomos.7593 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 > @"SumTingWong.8793" said: > I vote for a Lag of Skyscales. This is what I was thinking. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobx.1758 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 A ton of sky**scales**, duh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uden Reavstone.3426 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I don't have the books with me right now, so I can't get you all an exact quote, in the Inheritance Cycle, aka the Eragon series, it is said the collective noun for dragons is thunder becuase of the sound that their wings make while in flight. So a Thunder of Skyscales. Or as I like to call it, a Thundah! Ah ah hah hah! Sorry. Couldn't resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Hayes.6890 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Given the acquisition method: A grind of skyscales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cragga the Eighty Third.60 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 It's a SQUADRON. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Skyscale_Squadron_Glider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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