As one may have gathered from my previous post, Adrian and I are in Canada. More specifically we’re in Eastern Ontario. Even more specifically still we’re just outside of Kingston Ontario, home of the Frontenacs, KCVI, the birthplace of hockey, Fort Henry, and my dad. You can check out my Twitter stream for in-the-moment thoughts…
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Does “the forest moon of Endor” mean “the forest moon named Endor” or “the forest moon orbiting Endor”?
I enjoy late-night nonsense. Last night’s nonsense was parsing Admiral Ackbar’s phrase “the forest moon of Endor” from Return of the Jedi. I asked Twitter whether Ackbar meant to refer to the moon as Endor or just indicate a moon orbiting Endor. Almost every single person who responded told me that Ackbar meant planet. I…