21 DECEMBER 1956, Page 13

SIR,—The problem which is worrying John Betjeman was solved for

most people by Edward Lear, who made Greenwich rhyme with spinach. This pronunciation was con- firmed a few years ago by 'Pibwob,' who, in a competition entry in your own pages, per- petrated the following:

Vegetarians living in Greenwich Subsist on raw lentils and spinach. They modestly mention That flesh-pot abstention Betokens patrician lineage.

—Yours faithfully, Greenwich Public Libraries

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