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Net turns up unique meanings for mascot names
Stuart Hunter 2007-11-28 16:13 The Province | It's a name game of Olympic proportions.
The Province decided to Google the names of our four 2010 mascots. Here's what we found:
Miga: The name Miga produced 4,400,000 hits. The folks at Miga Korean Foods in Coquitlam say it roughly translates into "food court" in Korean. It's also a small town in Nigeria's northern provinces. And there's a Miga Lake in Victoria, Australia. Acronyms for MIGA abound, from Make It Go Away to the Mid-Infrared Galaxy Atlas and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. For a blast, check out The Misadventures of Miga on myspacetv.com. Or enter "Miga" on YouTube and be prepared for a hilarious soccer blooper and a bizarre bug attack on Spain's Alhambra castle. Miga-wd!
Sumi: Like Miga, Sumi crops up a lot when Googled with 4,330,000 hits. But Sumi is more than just a small town in the Ukraine or name of a world-famous Korean vocalist -- Sumi Jo. Sumi refers to the ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue used for writing with a brush in Japanese calligraphy called sumi-e. Sumi is also a form of activated charcoal used in a wide range of water purification processes, including fish tank filters. Sumi also stands for Software Usability Measurement Inventory, is the name of a Danish band and part of the famous legal phrase: "So, Sumi."
Quatchi: This was the most unique of the mascot names yielding only 224 hits when Googled. It roughly translates into "sunflower seeds" in Malaysian-Chinese slang -- tasty and healthy. It's also a language dialect in Togo. 2010 organizers had to rethink the original name for Quatchi after a slight screw-up. Some locals wonder whether this younger, shy Sasquatch will grow up to be a snowboarding, Kokanee-stealing, park ranger-thwarting one like our other skunk-apes living in Creston.
Mukmuk: More than just the name of a sidekick varmint, Muk Muk is also the term for a type of Australian aboriginal art. As well, Gorilla Muk Muk is the name of an Internet DJ. In slang, a mucky-muck is a person of great self-importance. Not to be confused with the mukluk winter boot. |
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