The title of Stephen King's classic horror story Pet Sematary contains a misspelling of the word "cemetery" – but that was intentional.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The title of Stephen King’s classic 1983 horror novel Pet Sematary contains a misspelling of the word “cemetery,” but this was an intentional move on King’s part. Pet Sematary takes place around an ancient burial ground that, legend has it, will bring anyone buried there back to life.
Changing the spelling of a word can be a good way for a title to grab the audience’s attention. The Pursuit of Happyness, Boyz n the Hood, Mortal Kombat, Kalifornia – there are plenty of misspelled titles out there. Quentin Tarantino’s World War II epic borrowed the title of Enzo G. Castellari’s The Inglorious Bastards but tweaked the spelling to Inglourious Basterds.
Pet Sematary's Misspelling Takes On A Much Scarier Meaning In King's Book The misspelled title of Pet Sematary is actually much scarier than the correct spelling, thanks to its ominous word roots. The word “cemetery” is taken from the Anglo-French term “cimiterie,” which is taken from the Late Latin words “cimiterium” and “coemeterium,” which were taken from the Greek word “koimētērion,” meaning “sleeping chamber,” and its verb form “koiman,” meaning “to put to sleep” .
The misspelled “sematary,” on the other hand, has a much creepier meaning. With its suffix -ary, meaning “of, relating to, or connected with,” the word “sematary” could pass for an adjective form of the noun “sematology,” which refers to the study of word meanings. It could either tie into the word “sematology” or “sematic,” both of which are derived from the Greek term “sēma,” meaning “sign.” The full “sematary” could be read to mean “serving as a warning of danger.
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