Stephen Quinn, host of CBC Radio One's popular morning show The Early Edition, offered a prompt to the Twitterverse last week and inspired plenty of creativity.
Stephen Quinn poses a playful prompt:
Collective noun for group of city planners, please.
Thank you. @CBCEarlyEdition— Stephen Quinn (@CBCStephenQuinn) July 24, 2020
So, think a murder of crows or a flock of seagulls (the latter is actually a misnomer, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). Check out the responses for an idea of where people headed with Quinn's prompt.
My favorite: a charrette of planners.
FULL STORY: Collective noun for group of city planners, please. Thank you.
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