What is the collective noun for Girouards?

[ThompsonII]

There I was at the Didmarton festival enjoying a pick when the guy playing next to me noticed I was playing the same model of mando as he! I think there are only two possibly three Girouard F5's in the UK and these two live 350 miles apart.
I had to take a photo but what to call it - a brace of Girouards, a coincidence of mandos or eye candy of Girouards (forgive the pun!)?

Any ideas?

[ccravens]

Girouardi? I like "brace" that you used.

Nice looking instruments!

Love my Girouard A model mando.



Now that I have recently aquired an awesome Girouard mandola, I guess I also need an answer to this "bracing" question.

[M.Marmot]

I believe it is a 'gigue' of Girouards

[Timbofood]

I have used "Brace" for years and consistently get odd looks when I use it.
I like "Gigue" a LOT!
Chris, maybe a close shave, old fashioned "Lilac Vegetal" and a "Bullshot" might provide sufficient "bracing effect"


So if two are a "gigue" would three or more become a giggle?

[Al Trujillo]

A Litter of Girouards? A Kettle? A Brace? But since its from the UK - a Colony of Girouards??

[David L]

"Brace" just means "two", so that is correct for your picture, but isn't really a collective noun for Girouards.

[Shelagh Moore]

A Max. Lauriload of Girouards?

[Luna Pick]

I think maybe a clutch of Girouards?

[Br1ck]

Dare I be pedestrian and say, two Girouards?

[red7flag]

Vol de Girouard or troupeau de Girouard depending is you think of Girouard as a bird or sheep.

[Eddie Sheehy]

A chord of Girouards?

[Bren]

the collective noun in my case would possibly be a "divorce" of mandolins.

Last year in Mulligans in Amsterdam, 432 miles from Aberdeen as the KLM crow flies, I happened to see someone playing a mandolin like mine and it was indeed by Marshall Dow, who doesn't have that many instruments in circulation so we had a little Duet of Dows.

[Ryk Loske]

A "festival" of Girouards?

Ryk

[Jstring]

Others?
-a bevy of Breedloves...
-a bundle of Brentrups....
-a colony of Collings
-a gaggle of Gibsons
-a plague of Rogues

[Charles E.]

I like "Brace". I love mine.

[UlsterMando]

Others?
-a bevy of Breedloves...
-a bundle of Brentrups....
-a colony of Collings
-a gaggle of Gibsons
-a plague of Rogues

A lode of Nuggets ?

[Steve-o]

Giardia

[Jstring]

Giardia

Oh, that's a winner!

[Max Girouard]

Giardia

Ummmm, no.

Oh, that's a winner!

Sorry, don't agree.

Anyway................

My sister had done some research on our family name and while there were several references to where the name originated from. Here is a snippet from one of the ancestry websites: Girouard Name Meaning French: from Gérouard; according to Morlet, from the Germanic personal name Geroward, Giroward, composed of the elements gar, ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + ward ‘guardian’. Dauzat, on the other hand, describes it as a derivative of Geroul, a compound of gar, ger + wolf, wulf ‘wolf’.

So with our fondness of the furry beasts, we will elect to go with wolf. So maybe they should be a pack of Girouards?

Glad you got to meet a fellow Girouard player ThomsonII!!!! Your right, we only have three F5's total in the UK. That must have been quite the experience to look over and see another Girouard mando!

[soliver]

Is it just to silly to say a BAND of Girouards?

"Brace" is nice but there is also "Coterie," "Caucus," or "Cabal!"... or even "Panoply"

I like that... "A Panoply of Girouards"... maybe its just me

[Charles E.]

Hay, look there are a couple of Girouard mandolins over there!

[Elliot Luber]

Girouard mandolins.

[Jstring]

Ummmm, no.
Sorry, don't agree.

Anyway................

Sorry, Max... Just enjoying the word play, no offense intended... I played one of your mandolins once and it was excellent.

[Max Girouard]

Ummmm, no.
Sorry, don't agree.

Anyway................

Sorry, Max... Just enjoying the word play, no offense intended... I played one of your mandolins once and it was excellent.

No offense taken! I actually thought it was funny myself. However, it did remind me of the time I was stationed in Saudi Arabia. We had 15 guys to a tent, no running water and about a half mile hike to the closest privy. While I was spared from the nasty parasite, several of my tent mates were not. I won't go into details!

Glad you got to try out one of our mandolins! Thanks for the compliment.

[Mandobar]

Oh, that's a winner!

For those who are not aware, Giardia is a bacterial infection found in the intestines. It is very hard to get rid of once you have it, and it common in dogs. It is also very contagious.

I can see why Max would object to the term being used in context with his instruments.