Implicating sonic_the_werehog -> werehog.

Reason: He can't be Sonic the Werehog without being a werehog.

bcock said:
Implicating sonic_the_werehog -> werehog.

Reason: He can't be Sonic the Werehog without being a werehog.

I vote we also imply werehog to hedgehog, since a werehog is still a hedgehog.

And not werewolf?

According to wikipedia, the component "were" in "werewolf" is believed to have derived from the old english "wer", which means "man". So no, werehog would not imply anything to do with wolves.

I wouldn't imply werehog to hedgehog because there's also wereboars and werepigs, which are technically hogs. I would just alias Sonic the Werehog to Sonic the Hedgehog, and add the polyanthrope tag, or something.

ikdind said:
According to wikipedia, the component "were" in "werewolf" is believed to have derived from the old english "wer", which means "man". So no, werehog would not imply anything to do with wolves.

incidentally, it would not literally mean "man wolf" if applied to a "furry" or other non-human creature (Sonic's not a "man hog"). I suppose it may have something to do with being less "anthro" or human-like or something...

123easy said:
I wouldn't imply werehog to hedgehog because there's also wereboars and werepigs, which are technically hogs. I would just alias Sonic the Werehog to Sonic the Hedgehog, and add the polyanthrope tag, or something.

Polianthrope is a bit of an awkward term to say the least. Therianthrope (or zoanthrope, which effectively means the same thing) is a more correct and generally accpted word, but like werewolf it doesn't avoid the problem hg3300 pointed out - that in this case the creature isn't human to begin with. After all, each of these terms describes a human changing into an animal.

Which means that either you just ignore that and have werewolf, werehog, etc imply a more general term like therianthrope regardless of whether it's based off a human being or a different creature, or you make up a new term (Zoamibe? Polytherion? It's trivial to make up Greek words that sound good and more or less mean the right thing) that's more accurate, but which would probably be useless as a tag since very few people would know to search for it.

I do agree that implying werehog to hedgehog is probably a bad idea, even if it's probably accurate most of all of the time.

Wahai said:
Polianthrope is a bit of an awkward term to say the least. Therianthrope (or zoanthrope, which effectively means the same thing) is a more correct and generally accpted word, but like werewolf it doesn't avoid the problem hg3300 pointed out - that in this case the creature isn't human to begin with. After all, each of these terms describes a human changing into an animal.

Which means that either you just ignore that and have werewolf, werehog, etc imply a more general term like therianthrope regardless of whether it's based off a human being or a different creature, or you make up a new term (Zoamibe? Polytherion? It's trivial to make up Greek words that sound good and more or less mean the right thing) that's more accurate, but which would probably be useless as a tag since very few people would know to search for it.

I do agree that implying werehog to hedgehog is probably a bad idea, even if it's probably accurate most of all of the time.

If Mobians weren't simply mutated animals that have a significant gene-history gifted from humans (to the point the species is called 'Mobo Sapiens'), I would agree with you. However, due to that ancestry, not to mention their general physical characteristics already being that of an already more man than beast anthromorphed animal, referring to a werehog (man-hog) as a polythrope (many/multi-man) is justified. Now, if for example Sonic's dog was to be hoggified like Sonic was, then that would be more appropriate of a different moniker, but not as is. And yes, this reply is a year late at least, but I've not been around much over the past year and a half or so.