another english gripe

[rone]

"Rubenesque".  The painter's name was Rubens; thus, the term should be "Rubensesque".

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[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Heh, i imagine they'll just call it the UE (Unión Europea). Also, the US is rendered as the EEUU (because it's plural, they duplicate the initials... it's dumb, i know. don't get me started on the capitalization of 'double letters' such as ch and ll... seeing the country spelled CHile drove me insane in my youth).