Friday, February 7, 2014

Carlos Borges RIIP: Resistance is Futile

The Deaths in 2015 site lists under February: 
Carlos Borges, 82, Uruguayan footballer
What immediately stood out, was his surname, reminding me of Star Trek's Note from the online  etymology dictionary:
borg (n.) fictional hostile alien hive-race in the "Star Trek" series, noted for "assimilating" defeated rivals...  Their catchphrase is "resistance is futile."
Note however, there was an earlier word "borg":
broch (n.) prehistoric stone tower of the Scottish Highland and isles, 1650s, from Scottish broch, from Old Norse borg "castle,"...(see borough). 
This is definitely an addition to the recently formed "Tower" and "Royalty" pattern-clusters.
Note the etymology of his surname Borges:
his interesting surname is of Old French origin, and derives from the Middle English "burge(i)s", a development of the Old French "burgeis" meaning inhabitant and freeman of a fortified town,
Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Borges#ixzz2sfrqEveb
Note from Carlos Borges wiki page:
Carlos Ariel Borges (14 January 1932 – 5 February 2014) 
His birthday is an addition to the "Off By One" pattern-cluster, as in one off from the birthday of both my son and life partner who are born on January 15th,  22 years to the day, apart.

Despite that he lived a fairly ripe old age, his death was timely: it was influenced by his inner twin and/or the inner twin world.  


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