Comments on: The Etymology of Horumon http://yuki.wordpress.com/2006/02/02/the-etymology-of-horumon/ a bad boy's weblog Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:47:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: poinumbiowiny http://yuki.wordpress.com/2006/02/02/the-etymology-of-horumon/#comment-4701 poinumbiowiny Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:47:34 +0000 http://yuki.wordpress.com/2006/02/02/the-etymology-of-horumon/#comment-4701 http://www.google.com http://www.yahoo.com http://www.msn.com http://www.google.com
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]]> By: ammann http://yuki.wordpress.com/2006/02/02/the-etymology-of-horumon/#comment-29 ammann Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:25:22 +0000 http://yuki.wordpress.com/2006/02/02/the-etymology-of-horumon/#comment-29 Hey -- if you discuss it, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rka/90133862/">link to it</a>! =) I liked the Osaka-ben theory at first, but given that the word is always spelt in katakana (no just on shop signs were katakana would be more usual), I don't think there's much chance of this being the true origin of the word. Maybe the second theory isn't so surprising because at the time the name <i>horumon</i> was invented, hormones hadn't yet achieved their "bad image" -- or weren't yet so widely used in meat production, or if they were, nobody saw a problem with using those substances. Hey — if you discuss it, link to it! =)

I liked the Osaka-ben theory at first, but given that the word is always spelt in katakana (no just on shop signs were katakana would be more usual), I don’t think there’s much chance of this being the true origin of the word.

Maybe the second theory isn’t so surprising because at the time the name horumon was invented, hormones hadn’t yet achieved their “bad image” — or weren’t yet so widely used in meat production, or if they were, nobody saw a problem with using those substances.

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