Theriomorphism
A friend boasts an almost shamanistic abillity to classify humans by the animal they most resemble. It's not the first time I've encountered this game. (Indeed, I inevitably get filed under "rat" or "squirrel" in the taxonomy; lamentable, but explicative, perhaps, of the strong emotional reaction I had to Disney's Ratatouille.) Does this classification work for everyone? The friend's abililties seem boundless.
Related: in searching for a title for this post, I (with some much appreciated eekbeat assistance) came upon this fascinating site listing words with a "therio-" root.
(Yeesh: typos galore. Fixed.)
Related: in searching for a title for this post, I (with some much appreciated eekbeat assistance) came upon this fascinating site listing words with a "therio-" root.
(Yeesh: typos galore. Fixed.)
posted by Stanley at 12:25
12 Comments:
See also: that Star Trek episode where everyone devolved into animals for some reason. Except Riker, who turned into a Caveman.
Tom: you are nerding up my blog.
I approve.
Can one be intertherio?
Can one be intertherio?
Patience, LC. Maybe wolfson will show up to answer.
Give me a call -- I'll be in the therio.
(Or: lc is obviously into "therio-".)
You know, rat and squirrel are pretty good results: cute, clever, mischevious, entertaining survivor-types. Not lamentable at all.
Also: carriers of disease! Trash-eaters!
My daughter and I loved RataTouie (Sp?).
Hope the Garlic Fest was fun. Sorry about that.
The Richmond Folk Fest turned out well though.
My friend's roommate does the animal game. I was identified as a racoon (not sure how I feel about it). The animal he sees himself as? a tiger. (this game doesn't seem very fair).
Will: glad you had fun. We had a good time at the Garlic Fest, too.
lew: FWIW, I'm not seeing raccoon. But I suck at the game, so.
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