Thoughts on the Abominable Snowman, thanks to seraphic_slayer
This is what I think about late at night when I'm hopped up on cough syrup.
Seraphic_slayer posted about the absurdity of the name "Abominable Snowman". I was thinking the same thing during The Mummy 3 trailer, when Brendan Fraser screams out "abominable snowman!". What an odd name. Why "abominable"? Here's the cough syrup explanation.
The dictionary defines abominable as : very bad, poor, or inferior.repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome.very unpleasant; disagreeable.
Perhaps the intention was to differentiate between your average snowman and the sort of snowman you would find in the Himalayas.
Your basic, civilzed snowman is docile; quiet. He won't say a peep, even if you kick him in the nuts. He just stands there and takes it. He doesn't even mind the carrot nose or the mismatched scarf and mittens. On a warm day, he'll peacefully melt into a mush. (I bet you could even kick Frosty the Snowman in the nuts and the only reply would be a higher pitched "Happy Birthday"). An abominable snowman, on the other hand, is a violent creature. Aggressive. Teeth-baring. You won't get anywhere near his nuts. But why the weird adjective? Wikipedia says :"Mr Henry Newman, a longtime contributor to The Statesman in Kolkata, interviewed the porters of the "Everest Reconnaissance expedition" upon their return to Darjeeling. Newman mistranslated the word "metoh" as "filthy" or "dirty", substituting the term "abominable", perhaps out of artistic license. " Filthy Snowman? Dirty Snowman? I'm trying to envision Brendan Fraser shouting those out. How 'bout "Scary Ass Snowman"?
What do you think would be a better name?
Seraphic_slayer posted about the absurdity of the name "Abominable Snowman". I was thinking the same thing during The Mummy 3 trailer, when Brendan Fraser screams out "abominable snowman!". What an odd name. Why "abominable"? Here's the cough syrup explanation.
The dictionary defines abominable as : very bad, poor, or inferior.repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome.very unpleasant; disagreeable.
Perhaps the intention was to differentiate between your average snowman and the sort of snowman you would find in the Himalayas.
Your basic, civilzed snowman is docile; quiet. He won't say a peep, even if you kick him in the nuts. He just stands there and takes it. He doesn't even mind the carrot nose or the mismatched scarf and mittens. On a warm day, he'll peacefully melt into a mush. (I bet you could even kick Frosty the Snowman in the nuts and the only reply would be a higher pitched "Happy Birthday"). An abominable snowman, on the other hand, is a violent creature. Aggressive. Teeth-baring. You won't get anywhere near his nuts. But why the weird adjective? Wikipedia says :"Mr Henry Newman, a longtime contributor to The Statesman in Kolkata, interviewed the porters of the "Everest Reconnaissance expedition" upon their return to Darjeeling. Newman mistranslated the word "metoh" as "filthy" or "dirty", substituting the term "abominable", perhaps out of artistic license. " Filthy Snowman? Dirty Snowman? I'm trying to envision Brendan Fraser shouting those out. How 'bout "Scary Ass Snowman"?
What do you think would be a better name?