Linguistic piracy

Vandals Deface Public Monument, Correct Grammatical Mistake

Vim Vocifero

Columbus, OH: The John W. Galbreath Bicentennial Park includes fountains, pedestrian and cyclist trails, a restaurant, a sound stage, and what someone must have found to be a very irksome grammatical error. Park authorities reported to the police that, sometime between the hours of 2:17 and 4:29 Tuesday morning, vandals defaced the dedicatory plaque located […]

Swedish Parliament Objects to “Borg”

Vim Vocifero
Sveriges riksdag, photograph by Christian Gidlöf, in public domain, available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sveriges_riksdag_fr_vasabron.JPG#mediaviewer/File:Sveriges_riksdag_fr_vasabron.JPG

The Swedish Parliament, or Riksdag, recently registered an objection with the international court concerning the use of the Swedish name Borg to refer to a psuedo-race in the Star Trek Universe©. “The name ‘Borg’ is part of the indigenous linguistic wealth of the Swedish people,” explains Ante Borg, Swedish Minister of Commerce. “The use of […]