If itโs not too late to submit a couple of other offerings, I would suggest the following:
Karstacians Cuevanauts Thanks, Mark Ross From: Lee H. Skinner Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2021 8:46 PM To: SWR >> New Mexico Cavers ; Texas Cavers ; Sandia Grotto Subject: Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Cavers Thanks, Mimi! Very cute essay. But there will be only one winner and no 2nd or 3rd place winners. I will announce the number of votes each name got, and if there is no majority, I will hold a runoff vote (there is no reason to rush it through). So the term will refer to all cavers, not different types of cavers. You have a herd of longhorns, not packs of Angus or schools of Herefords. The purpose of the survey is to get cavers to start using the winning term enough (when appropriate) so that it get ingrained in cavers' minds such that it will become automatically used throughput the world caving community , eventually becoming mainstream in time so that the noun will get into dictionaries. So instead of "The cavers all emerged from the cave at dusk", it would be reported as "The column of cavers emerged from the cave at dusk" or "The descent of cavers squeezed through the crack in 20 minutes" or "The crawl of cavers met for a satisfying dinner after a long trip" Eventually, after the term becomes widely accepted, you could use "The column emerged from the cave at dusk" or "The descent squeezed through the crack in 20 minutes" or "The crawl met for a satisfying dinner after a long trip" These three phrases sound very strange now, but in a few years, the winning noun would not sound strange if used in the proper context. By the way, we now have 27 proposed entries from New Mexico and Texas. People who have not submitted entries can also vote of course. Lee On 4/24/2021 6:41 PM, Mimi Jasek wrote: This thread has actually been quite fun, and I wonder if there could be more than one winner? Maybe top three for different types of cavers? Imagine a report from a national convention one day during this special year...... Well, we have quite the large gathering today. There is a group of breakdown joined by some caveat, cavalcade, and column, and word is there is a huge announcement coming out by the end of the week! Wonder where the area will be? On another front, there is a cascade and sump being joined by a descent for some serious, but very excited, talk of a big push. Wetsuits and rope skills mandatory! Seems like a pack, stash, and formation have joined forces to map a new, large find somewhere, making the next map salon a guaranteed full house! And of course clunk, clump, and giggle are getting ready to head out for some fun in the type of caves they love best! For this large asylum, there is something for everyone! Stay tuned..... Mimi Jasek ๐ Sent from my iPhone On Apr 23, 2021, at 6:34 PM, Lee H. Skinner <[email protected]> wrote: What do you call a collection of cavers? There are gaggles of geese, pods of whales and murders of crows. What term would do justice to the special nature of cavers? I once suggested a column of cavers, as cave teams usually go single-file when traversing (especially well protected) cave passages. Does anyone have a better idea? Lee Skinner -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Southwestern Cavers of the National Speleological Society" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/d8d526ce-4793-98a1-bb2e-7b1fbbe29ee3%40thuntek.net. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Southwestern Cavers of the National Speleological Society" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/2090E5F9-DAB9-4CD1-9607-8A3F70E6D02 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com [email protected] | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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