What is the Correct Noun for Three or More Leica's?

[ktmrider]

I recently took a photo of my four (two film M's, a digital M, and a IIIf) Leica camera bodies together and sent it to a few people to illustrate a fetish many of us here on the forum have. My daughter who loves writing asked me a very interesting question "What is the correct term for a gathering of Leicas?"

Just for fun I thought I would put this question to the group-what is the correct term? Is it a herd, a flock, a gaggle, a pack, a bunch, or ????. Your thoughts?

 

[webOSUser]

A 'collection'?


Steve W

 

[lxmike]

A Luxury of Leicas

 

[jsrockit]

A gaggle for sure...

 

[Godfrey]

A wealth of Leicas. 😀

G

 

[Dante_Stella]

Toxoplasmosis?

 

[coelacanth]

"One of my issues"

 

[Muggins]

A Dentist of Leicas?

 

[Deleted member 65559]

"A Wealth of Leicas"

"A Wealth of Leicas"

😎

A wealth of Leicas. 😀

G

Yes!

 

[Phil_F_NM]

Here are my thoughts on the collective nouns of the collection. Perhaps it depends upon who owns the Leicas (sans apostrophe.)

Dentist = filling or root canal of Leicas.
Attorney = cheat of Leicas (same as the collective noun for attorneys.)
Journalist = impact or dent (coming from multiple bodies hanging and impacting each other.)
Collector = a cleaning or cabinet of Leicas.
Collector who obsessively "tests" lenses = a coating mark of Leicas or a scratch of Leicas, or an OCD of Leicas.
Retiree = a cup or brew of Leicas, possibly a glass or snifter of Leicas.
Cat person = a judgement of Leicas (owing to the collective noun of a group of housecats.)
Camera thief = a fencing of Leicas.
Person who rapidly buys and sells = a searching or next-one of Leicas.
Person who has Leicas as jewelery = an entitlement or a snobbery of Leicas.
Benefactor of inheritance = an ambivalence of Leicas.
Finally, it could be like bison, in that the simple plural may be Leica, as in, "a cheat of Leica owned by an attorney."

Phil Forrest

 

[Particular]

(two film M's, a digital M, and a IIIf) Leica camera bodies

A ration of Leicas.
For some this would be considered bare minimum, scraping the barrel...

 

[David Hughes]

Enough or, perhaps, Enough!


Regards, David

 

[Retro-Grouch]

Perhaps a harem?

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Only four?! - an insufficiency...

 

[Particular]

A dabble in Leicas.

 

[CameraQuest]

any number less than 10 is insanity

 

[dexdog]

Oh come on this is so easy...a worship of leicas. For some reason that reminds me of Frank G 😱

 

[Particular]

any number less than 10 is insanity

Less than 10 is an anemia.
More than 10 is a fortitude.

 

[ruby.monkey]

Less than 10 is an anemia.
More than 10 is a fortitude.

So exactly ten is a sufficiency?

 

[helen.HH]

is it a Noun or an Illness ?

The first symptom a red dot
and before You know it
Your suffering from
Too much of a Good thing... 😉