Vygos Cagados, a jingoistic Dutch print celebrating the Battle of Vigo Bay (1702)
But why, and for whom, would a Dutchman pun on Vigo / figo (fig) when both spelling and pronunciation of the latter were long obsolete in standard Spanish?
Tag: sociolinguistics
Ernst Jünger and the Libyan revolution
Chunks of Heliopolis and Eumeswil dealing with smartphones, language and power meet up with the Gaddafis.
