Okay, yesterday an English Major Who Shall Remain Nameless gave me some grief about using "Frankenstein" instead of "Frankenstein's Monster" in my previous post. And ya know, I originally used "Frankenstein's Monster" specifically to avoid said grief.

Then I decided that because I was dealing with a visual image, the reference was - ahem - mediated through Boris Karloff's iconographic portrayal. And while strictly speaking that character is called "the Monster", he definitely has a place in the popular imagination as "Frankenstein".

So let's do a little experiment, EMWSRN, and no cheating...

Quick - visualize the Bride of Frankenstein!

Thought so.

Now before you waste any energy on an argument about the ambiguity of the genitive case, consider the righteousness of your cause and ask yourself - could "Frankenstein's Monsterberry" generate this kind of enthusiasm?