Yerf/Talk

This is the text of the original article, which appears to be almost completely wrong as far as I've been able to determine. Yerf is the name of the online archive, and nothing more. -BD

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I started this page and freely admit that I may be entirely wrong! In which case the content below might be better added to the furry page or to a new page on anthropomorphic art. But I'm not sure I am wrong -- perhaps artists have begun using the term "yerf" genericly. I have written to the folks at Yerf.com for a clarification. -- Cayzle

Well, I'm not a major furry-fan, just someone who hangs out around the periphery due to related interests, so I'm willing to be proven wrong too. We'll see how it goes. The Furry entry could probably use some of the material here either way. -BD

Here's what I got back from Yerf ...

Actually, it's known in the furry community as the sound a fox makes, like a bark from a dog.

-Dingo

On Dec 12, 2001 Cayzle wrote:

Hi! I have a question about yerf, for an article for the Wikipedia online encyclopedia. Is "yerf" a generic term used to apply to all anthropomorphic art commonly, or is "Yerf" a proper noun that applies ONLY to your online gallery and site? Do other people refer to their art as "yerf" (as, for example, other artists might refer to their art as "comics" or "watercolors"?

Thank you very much for your help.

Cayzle

Well, thanks a lot, Yerf!

Anyway, my own browsing has failed to turn up any reliable lower-case-y yerf uses, so I admit I was in error! :-( I'll copy the former content of the page to the furry page and edit it.

thanks for catching my mistake, Bryan. I don't know how I got the wrong idea. -- Cayzle

No problem. Actually, this is the first Wikipedia article where I've ever come out and said "this article is wrong", and I'm grateful that you were so gracious about it. :)

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Yerf is cartoon-like art that represents creatures that have features of both human beings and of animals. Yerf is also referred to as anthromorphic or furry art (see Anthropomorphism). It is a phonetic reversal of the the word "furry".

[Bugs Bunny]? is the archetypal furry. He clearly isn't a rabbit; he walks on two legs and has hands. Yet he clearly isn't a human; he's yerf. Other examples include the race of humanoid ducks found in the role-playing game RuneQuest and the races found in the Sonic the Hedgehog animated cartoon series.

There are a large number amature yerf sites on the Internet.

Mature, adult, or pornographic yerf is also known as yiff? or spooge? (note, however, that "spooge" is a generic term that is used to refer to all sorts of highly explicit and gratuitous pornography).

See also, Ernest Shepard