Ankeborg
Swedish
Etymology
From anka (“duck”) + -e- + -borg (“-burg”), calque of English Duckburg. Compare Danish and Norwegian Andeby.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aŋkɛˈbɔrj/
Proper noun
Ankeborg n (genitive Ankeborgs)
- Duckburg (fictional city where Donald Duck lives)
- 2008 November 8, Åsa Linderborg, “Systemfelet i Bankeborg [System error in Bankburg]”, in Aftonbladet:
- Ankeborg är sinnebilden för myten om hur den liberala ekonomin fungerar. Uttryck som ”Börsen jobbar sig uppåt” eller ”Låt dina pengar jobba i en fond” vill lura oss att tro att alla kan bli rika bara de spekulerar.
- Duckburg is the epitome of the myth of how the liberal economy works. Expressions such as "The stock market works its way up" or "Let your money work in a fund" want to trick us into believing that everyone can get rich just by speculating.
- 2022 April 21, Luka Vestergaard, “Debatt: Skrämmande kortsiktigt av moderaten Forssell [Debate: Moderate Forsell short-sightedness is scary]”, in ETC:
- Tiden då man kunde betrakta klimatet som en enskild miljöfråga, som miljörörelsens fråga, eller som viktigt att kämpa för först efter att den samlade politikerklanen i Sveriges Ankeborg, mitt skämtsamma namn på riksdagen, fått kvacka färdigt med fossilsubventioner – den tiden är förbi.
- The time when the climate could be regarded as an isolated environmental issue, as an issue for the environmental movement, or as important to fight for only after the collective political clan in Sweden's Duckburg, my playful name about the Riksdag, had finished quacking fossil subsidies - that time is over.
Usage notes
Goosetown is Gåseborg.
Derived terms
- ankeborgsk
- ankeborgare
See also
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