Parenting Tip: How to get your Daughter to Set the Table

You thought I was going to say, "Ask her to play outside with her two brothers," didn't you?

Wrong!  That won't work.

The only thing that will work is . . .

          . . . bribery.

Next time, how to confuse your children in two easy steps!

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Parenting Tip: How to get your Daughter to Play Outside with her Two Brothers.

Ask her to help you set the table.

Next time, how to get your daughter to set the table!

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New Collective Noun

Since it's a hobby among Englishy-type teachers to develop or to collect collective nouns, I thought I'd add mine to the electronic pot.

You have a herd of cattle and a herd of horses (though that didn't sound quite right), but (thank you, James Lipton, for your Exaltation of Larks, a lovely book of collective nouns), you have a string of ponies. I've also heard of a pack of wild horses and a stud of mares.

But what would you call a group of mustangs?

Easy! A sally of mustangs!

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