benveniste (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} benveniste) wrote,@ 2009-05-05 23:30:00 |
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A Lesson in Brand Name Origins
This Fox News story is about a newly unveiled U.S. Navy ship, the USS Freedom.
The story currently contains the following quote: "Some are calling it the Navy's corvette." A quick search at Google indicates that Fox is not alone in this.
I have to ask. Is the source of this quote trying to draw an analogy to the Chevrolet sports car? Or does the reporter understand that the original meaning of the word corvette was a fighting ship smaller than a frigate or a destroyer?
If the latter, why the "some are calling" language?
This Fox News story is about a newly unveiled U.S. Navy ship, the USS Freedom.
The story currently contains the following quote: "Some are calling it the Navy's corvette." A quick search at Google indicates that Fox is not alone in this.
I have to ask. Is the source of this quote trying to draw an analogy to the Chevrolet sports car? Or does the reporter understand that the original meaning of the word corvette was a fighting ship smaller than a frigate or a destroyer?
If the latter, why the "some are calling" language?
