Monday, January 5, 2009

A To-Do of Dodds

Joseph (I know who you are, BTW!) posted a comment on my last post suggesting that the category for a group of Dodds might change with the occasion. This idea corresponds to the usage of the designation, weir of dragons. Anne McCaffrey's novels refer to weirs of dragons when the dragons are at home, but a group of warring dragons is called a wing, a term also used in real life by some Air Forces. So you would have a wing of dragons, each of which had at least two wings of her own.

Looking over Joseph's suggestions, I guess a group of us talking about one another would be a laud of Dodds and a group of us talking politics would be a danger of Dodds.

Kristin's suggestion of a train wreck of Dodds might be what you call a danger of Dodds after the political discussion is over.
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You will notice that the Dodd family crest above is the one associated with the English and Irish. The Welsh crest is the smaller one here, which has the motto In copia cautus [Be careful in times of abundance.] The three birds are Cornish choughs (pronounced chuffs), a blackbird that is the national symbol of Cornwall, where it became extinct, although it survives in Wales.

I am not sure what the connection of the chough is with the Dodds, although the Cornish at least consider it a symbol of freedom, peace and home.

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