11 JANUARY 1957, Page 18

PELL MELL

SIR,—It is as helpful for Mr. Austin Duncan-Jones to write that 'Pall Mall' and 'Mall' are pronounced `Pall Mall' and `Mall' as to write to a foreigner that `shall' and 'hall' are pronounced `shall' and 'hall.' My wife and I, New Zealanders six months in London, are still waiting for guidance.—Yours faithfully,