The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #132499   Message #4187747
Posted By: Steve Shaw
29-Sep-23 - 04:34 PM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Da Vinci. This is just nonsense. Leonardo's name was Leonardo. "Da Vinci" means "of the village Vinci," which thousands of denizens of that village could have used. Leonardo da Vinci is fine. But referring to him as though "da Vinci" is his surname, without Leonardo, is just pig ignorant. I saw this in the Guardian today, and, of course, there's "Da Vinci Code." It's just laughable.