Yeti Anagrams

I discovered that Abominable Snowman is an anagram for... (click here to find out)!

But what other anagrams exist? I found four online.

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Type II Diabetes
             =
I eat yeti bipeds.

by Judson T. Pewther

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Is it the abominable snowman?
                          =
White baboon? Last simian men?

by Tom Myers

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Leicester City
             =
Electric Yetis

by Unknown

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I Got You, Babe
             =
Yeti Bugaboo

by Roy R. Pryor

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And the word 'yetis' by itself has two anagrams:

seity: A quality peculiar to oneself.

yites: European yellow-hammers (birds)

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Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman inspired this post when I read on his blog about a famous anagram controversy involving another cryptid - The Loch Ness Monster.

In a cryptozoology news round-up in the last week of November 2006, Coleman discusses Sir Peter Scott, a well-known British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, and later in life, a supporter of the search for the Loch Ness Monster:

"After several successful 1970s photographic and sonar findings by the Academy of Applied Sciences, Sir Peter announced in 1975 that the scientific name of the monster would henceforth be Nessiteras rhombopteryx, which is Greek for 'The Ness monster with diamond-shaped fin.' This allegedly enabled Nessie to be added to a British register of officially protected wildlife, although that is disputed today. Ridicule followed quickly when London newspapers noted that Nessiteras rhombopteryx is an anagram of "monster hoax by Sir Peter S." Nessie searcher and cryptozoologist Robert H. Rines replied that the letters could also be rearranged to spell: 'Yes, both pix are monsters–R.'"

To recap:

Nessiteras rhombopteryx
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Monster Hoax by Sir Peter S.
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Yes, both pix are monsters. – R.



I love it!

Not Yeti Friday - Druid: Werebear & Warden Archon

A person called ShadowButcher has compiled an archive of concept art from the PC game, Diablo II.

The above image of of a "Druid: Werebear".

Turns out the designers didn't run with this particular concept art, making their were-bears in the actual game look decidedly un-yeti-ish. Thusly, I proclaim it NOT YETI.

I found a guide online that explains how to make a druid character in Diablo II that can turn into a were-bear. Proud of me?

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The Book of Exalted Deeds is a D&D guide to things that are good (...good as in the alignment - as in NOT EVIL).

The book introduces the "Warden Archon", depicted above by Mark Nelson. It looks like an armored were-bear. Or possibly an armored yeti if you squint your eyes. It is apparently a very good and very powerful creature that guards things.

Verdict: NOT YETI.

I have done my service to my country today.



Note: I tried looking for more images of were-bears, but one on such a quest gets quickly into Furry territory, and no offense to Furries, but that's just not my thing.

MTS Yeti

Manitoba Telecom Services Inc., or MTS, is the primary telecommunications carrier in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

They are using a yeti as a spokesperson to sell their mobile phones and mobile phone accessories.



As you can tell by this commercial, the yeti is a deliberate parody of Bumble from the Rudolph special.



The Canadians love affair with the yeti intensifies.

Perhaps, in the case of Manitoba, it is because the province is in the shape of a yeti's head in profile. Observe:



Is your state or province in the shape of a yeti? Write in and let me know!

Connolly Yeti

Tanith Connolly sewed this yeti and posted it to her sketchblog.

EVO Boss #9 - Sir Yeti, Ruler of the Ice World

d'Arnault Yeti

Dustin d'Arnault of Inkmaniac made this nice yeti his profile image.

Nice, yeti. Nice, nice, yeti.

Coffman Yeti (and Unicorns)

Artist David Coffman was distracted one day and drew Yeti and Unicorns.

Note: A modern but apparently incorrect term for a winged unicorn is alicorn from the Latin "alatus" meaning winged. You may be safer calling it Pegasoi Aithiopes.