19 NOVEMBER 1948, Page 17

WHAT IS DUTCH LIKE ?

SIR,—In a Dutch performance of Hamlet "I am thy father's ghost " is reputed to sound—" Ich bin dein Papa's Spook." In such circum- stances respect for the language inevitably suffers.—Yours faithfully, c/o British Forces Network, Hamburg, B.A.O.R. 3. G. GRIFFITH.