17 MAY 2008, Page 24

War of words

Sir: Sorry, Anthony Horowitz (Letters, 10 May), but Foyle’s War often contained linguistic anachronisms. Recent examples include ‘to loan a book’, ‘peek’, ‘to fill out a coupon’, ‘train station’, and ‘Who is this?’ (phone response). These examples of 1980s and 1990s language usage detracted from the efforts made to portray the second world war authentically.

Eric Brown

Bromley, Kent