" LE MOT JUSTE "
S nt,—Probably others besides myself deplore the expression " Ham- burging " as used by the B.B.C. and the Press to describe concentrated bombing of German cities. It is bad propaganda : it is by way of perpetuating the wrong word. Why not give credit where credit is due? Did not the Luftwaffe, when they entered upon " rubbing out " cities as a delightful and noble one-way avenue to be explored by Nazis only, have a word for it? When they concentrated on Coventry they called it " Coventrating." So, when Berlin and other doomed German cities are being laid waste as the inevitable result of the- Hitler regime, let it be " coventrating " every time, as the tribute of history to its originators.
—I am, Sir, yours faithfully, F. D. MERRALLS. Lynchmere Green, Haslemere, Surrey.
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