The `von` trap: Austrian battle over three noble letters
(The Guardian Austria)

Niklaus von Steiger is challenging the law that bans use of the aristocratic prefixIt is a furious battle over three small letters that Austria´s most famous musical family would surely approve of.A Swiss vet is taking the Austrian state to task over its ban of the use of the aristocratic prefix `von` (meaning `of`), which was outlawed 100 years ago following the collapse of the Habsburg empire. Continue reading...