Sunday, March 1, 2026

Corrected—More on the letter "Ø"

Exiting from February 26's "CEO of World Economic Forum quits after Epstein ties come to light" I took issue with Reuters' laziness, using the letter "O" rather than the letter "Ø" in Borge Brende's name:

It's Børge, not Borge. 

That's it, no tantrum or anything, just a mention. But I did look to see if we had seen this movie before and lo-and-behold we had. December 2020:

Oh Oh Norway, You Are Busted 

Via Jack Dorsey's Twitter, long may it rave

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eo5Jis2XUAACFRH?format=jpg&name=medium 

Next up, Sweden: Are those diaeresis or umlauts? Hmmmm:
ä⟩ and ⟨öand what's with the ring over the å?....