Thanks, lalas, for your kind instruction in the finer points of Norwegian orthography - the next time I have to correspond with Skatteetaten concerning my taxes, I’ll be certain to request your help ! While it is indeed the case that the letter «W» is not employed much in Scandinavian languages - prior to the release of the very latest version of the Swedish Academy’s dictionary, for example, entries for words beginning with «W» were listed together with those beginning with «V», as the former was considered a typographical variant of the latter - from what I’ve seen of Norwegian reporting on Mr Kennedy’s death, most chose to spell his given name with a «w». In any event, I stand by my previous characterisation of Verdens Gang - «[s]ource criticism and petty matters like getting names right is hardly their förté»….
Thanks, lalas, for your kind instruction in the finer points of Norwegian orthography - the next time I have to correspond with Skatteetaten concerning my taxes, I’ll be certain to request your help ! While it is indeed the case that the letter «W» is not employed much in Scandinavian languages - prior to the release of the very latest version of the Swedish Academy’s dictionary, for example, entries for words beginning with «W» were listed together with those beginning with «V», as the former was considered a typographical variant of the latter - from what I’ve seen of Norwegian reporting on Mr Kennedy’s death, most chose to spell his given name with a «w». In any event, I stand by my previous characterisation of Verdens Gang - «[s]ource criticism and petty matters like getting names right is hardly their förté»….
Henri