5 AUGUST 1949, Page 18

TRANSLATING ENGLISH Sta,—The reference by Strix to the efforts of

a sub-editor in the Paris office of the New York Herald Tribune to deal with cricket reports reminds me of an occasion, between the wars, when this same gentleman, or one of his predecessors, was faced with the words " Sodor and Man " in a message from London. This, he felt, must be an abbreviation and readers of the next issue were informed of the death of the " Bishop of South Dorchester and Manchester."—Yours faithfully, ARTHUR RAU.

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