It is necessary to distinguish "speaking" and "non-speaking" PPl.-Nn. The former are such as correspond to acceptable common-noun descriptions of the respective localities, "locally referential PPl.-Nn." - these are not, morphologically, genuine PPl.-Nn., they behave like any common nouns in the plural [...] - or they correspond to other common nouns, these will be the "genuine speaking PPl.-Nn.", distinguishable as animate-speaking (Wet-Dogs, Rabbits, Brawlers, Queer-Fellows, White Billygoats) and as inanimate-speaking (Beets, Drums, Hats, Loaves, Stirrers).
- Poldauf (2004), Pag. 17